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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;78(4):1653–1660. doi: 10.3233/JAD-201071

Table 1.

Description of the study sample stratified by age and BMI categories at baseline.

Age <65 Age 65+

BMI<25 BMI 25–29.9 BMI 30+ BMI<25 BMI 25–29.9 BMI 30+
N=145 N=304 N=214 N=161 N=218 N=137
Male sex, N(%) 65(45) 145 (48) 57(27) 75(47) 86(39) 39(28)

Medicaid/uninsured, N(%) 76(52) 168(55) 120(56) 50(31) 80(37) 60(44)

Race/ethnicity, N(%)
NHB 28(19) 36(12) 33(15) 31(19) 41(19) 42(31)
NHW 16(11) 25(8) 20(9) 59(37) 48(22) 15(11)
Hispanic 101(70) 243(80) 161(75) 71(44) 129(49) 80(58)

Depressed, N(%) 24 (16) 37 (12) 39 (18) 19 (12) 25 (11) 19 (14)

Smoking, N(%)
Never 57(39) 147(48) 108(50) 76(47) 94(43) 77(56)
Former 48(33) 102(34) 74(35) 64(40) 98(45) 48(35)
Current 40(28) 55(18) 32(15) 21(13) 26(12) 12(9)

Moderate alcohol use, N(%) 67(46) 151(50) 71(33) 80(50) 87(40) 41(30)
Moderate-heavy physical activity, N(%) 17(12) 36(12) 20(9) 20(13) 19(9) 7(5)

Hypertension, N(%) 69(48) 191(63) 159(74) 98(61) 162(74) 124(91)

Diabetes, N(%) 16(11) 49(16) 65(30) 14(9) 45(21) 37(27)

Hypercholesterolemia, N(%) 86(59) 190(63) 146(68) 112(70) 143(66) 93 (68)

Subclinical infarcts, N(%) 5 (3) 18 (6) 15 (7) 15 (9) 30 (13) 16 (12)

Age, Mean (SD) 64(6) 65(5) 64(6) 79(6) 78(6) 77(5)

Years of education, Mean (SD) 11(5) 9(5) 10(5) 11(5) 10(5) 9(5)

WMHV (% total cranial volume), Mean (SD) 0.49 (0.62) 0.45 (0.59) 0.42 (0.46) 0.89 (1.00) 0.91 (0.93) 0.93 (1.05)

Cerebral volume (% total cranial volume), Mean (SD) 75 (4) 74 (3) 74 (4) 70 (4) 70 (5) 71 (3)

Waist:Hip Ratio, Mean (SD) 0.86 (0.08) 0.90 (0.08) 0.90 (0.08) 0.90 (0.10) 0.91 (0.08) 0.92 (0.09)