Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Participants, by Gender (n = 2241)

	Women (n = 1268)		Men (n = 973)
Characteristica	N or mean	% or SD	N or mean	% or SD	P value
Age in years
Mean	75.3	0.2	75.6	0.3	>.05
Age 60-69	271	22.0	162	17.8	>.05
Age 70-79	606	51.2	513	55.6
Age 80-89	343	23.9	267	23.9
Age 90-99	48	2.8	31	2.6
Race/ethnicity
White	920	82.2	718	82.0	>.05
African American	189	9.4	123	8.2
Hispanic	127	6.2	108	6.9
Other	26	2.3	22	2.9
Education level
Less than high school	215	14.3	166	13.9	<.001
High school or equivalent	323	26.5	219	22.3
Some college	448	36.8	262	26.0
Bachelor’s or more	282	22.5	326	37.8
Marital Status
Married or living with a partner	570	47.7	199	23.4	<.001
Separated, divorced, widowed, or never married	698	52.3	774	76.6
Religious preference
Any religious preference	1200	94.1	883	90.1	<.05
Self-reported physical health
Poor	64	4.4	54	5.3	>.05
Fair	226	16.1	184	19.0
Good/Very Good/Excellent	975	79.5	732	75.2
Self-reported mental health
Poor	7	0.4	4	0.4	<.05
Fair	89	7.2	57	5.2
Good/Very Good/Excellent	1049	92.4	801	94.4
NSHAP Comorbidity Index
0	326	33.5	491	40.1	<.001
1	302	31.6	442	35.2
2	185	19.2	212	15.9
3	84	7.8	81	6.10
4+	76	7.9	42	2.68
Adapted Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-SA)
MoCA-SA > 22 (normal)	574	65.7	760	64.2	>.05
MoCA-SA 18-22 (mild cognitive impairment)	235	21.1	301	23.0
MoCA-SA <18 (screen positive for dementia)	164	13.2	207	12.8

Frequencies given as unweighted; Percentages are column percentages and given as weighted

P value compares characteristic values between women and men.

^aData were missing for 8 participants for race/ethnicity, 6 participants for self-reported physical health, and 234 for self-reported mental health.