TABLE 1.
Study characteristics of analytical sample stratified by incident cancer status. The Memento cohort 2011‐2019
| Incident cancer status | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characteristic [Missing] | No cancer (N = 2093) | Cancer (N = 165) |
| Age at entry, mean (SD) | 70.9 (8.8) | 72.6 (7.9) |
| Body mass index (BMI), mean (SD) | 25.6 (4.4) | 25.6 (4.4) |
| Age at entry [0]; n (%) | ||
| 60 and younger | 226 (10.8) | 9 (5.5) |
| 61‐70 | 662 (31.6) | 50 (30.3) |
| 71‐80 | 910 (43.5) | 78 (47.3) |
| 80+ | 295 (14.1) | 28 (17.0) |
| Sex, female [0]; n (%) | ||
| Male | 779 (37.2) | 80 (48.5) |
| Female | 1314 (62.8) | 85 (51.5) |
| Education level [2]; n (%) | ||
| High school diploma or lower | 511 (24.4) | 36 (21.8) |
| Professional or technical degree | 763 (36.5) | 60 (36.4) |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 817 (39.1) | 69 (41.8) |
| Smoking status [13]; n (%) | ||
| Never | 1228 (59.0) | 84 (50.9) |
| Previous smoker | 705 (33.9) | 66 (40.0) |
| Current smoker | 147 (7.1) | 15 (9.1) |
| Incident cancer, Yes [0]; n (%) | ||
| Breast cancer | – | 16 (9.7) |
| Colon cancer | – | 3 (1.8) |
| Leukemia | – | 6 (3.6) |
| Lung cancer | – | 4 (2.4) |
| Lymphomas | – | 3 (1.8) |
| Prostate cancer | – | 15 (9.1) |
| Skin cancer | – | 18 (10.9) |
| Thyroid cancer | – | 13 (7.9) |
| Other cancer | – | 87 (52.7) |
| At least one APOE ε4 allele [118]; n (%) | 496 (26.5) | 140 (51.9) |
| No ε4 alleles | 1396 (70.4) | 108 (68.8) |
| At least one ε4 allele | 587 (29.6) | 49 (31.2) |
| Dementia status (at end of follow‐up) | ||
| No dementia | 1825 (87.2) | 147 (89.1) |
| Dementia | 268 (12.8) | 18 (10.9) |