Table 1.

Differences in Atahualpa residents enrolled up to the end of the study (referent category) as well as of those who were censored earlier due to several reasons (univariate analysis)

Variable	Finished the cohort (N = 1,224)	Censored before the end of the study (N = 256)
		Death (N = 93)	P value*	Declined (N = 77)	P value*	Emigrated (N = 69)	P value*	Epilepsy (N = 17)	P value*
Age, years (mean ± SD)	41.6 ± 16.9	70.9 ± 12.7	< 0.001†	50.8 ± 19	< 0.001†	37 ± 16.7	0.028†	42.4 ± 18.8	0.847
Female gender, n (%)	666 (54)	40 (43)	0.034†	43 (56)	0.807	30 (43)	0.076	12 (71)	0.183
Primary school education, n (%)	472 (39)	72 (77)	< 0.001†	34 (44)	0.329	14 (20)	0.002†	4 (24)	0.315
Mod-severe alcohol intake, n (%)	257 (21)	14 (15)	0.172	16 (21)	0.964	10 (14)	0.194	1 (6)	0.223

^*P values were calculated by comparing characteristics of individuals censored before the end of the study (for each of the different causes) and those who finished the cohort.

^†Statistically significant result.