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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Mar 18;70(6):1664–1672. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17752

TABLE 1.

Baseline Characteristics, Overall and by Prior Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Status

Total
(N=6336)
No prior AD/ADRD
(N=5692)
Prior AD/ADRD
(N=644)
P-value

Age, Mean (SD) 75 (14) 74 (14) 84 (8.7) <0.001
Female 3048 (48) 2690 (47) 358 (56) <0.001
Hypertension 5482 (87) 4883 (86) 599 (93) <0.001
Coronary artery disease 3506 (55) 3133 (55) 373 (58) 0.164
Arrhythmia 5157 (81) 4621 (81) 536 (83) 0.206
Hyperlipidemia 4759 (75) 4267 (75) 492 (76) 0.425
Stroke 1318 (21) 1103 (19) 215 (33) <0.001
Arthritis 3382 (53) 2963 (52) 419 (65) <0.001
Asthma 747 (12) 682 (12) 65 (10) 0.159
Cancer 2253 (36) 2012 (35) 241 (37) 0.297
Chronic kidney disease 2761 (44) 2403 (42) 358(56) <0.001
Chronic pulmonary disease 1881 (30) 1678 (29) 203 (32) 0.282
Diabetes 3447 (54) 3147 (55) 300 (47) <0.001
Osteoporosis 1023 (16) 849 (15) 174 (27) <0.001
Depression 1720 (27) 1443 (25) 277 (43) <0.001
Schizophrenia 322 (5.1) 215 (3.8) 107 (17) <0.001
Anxiety 1272 (20) 1096 (19) 176 (27) <0.001
Substance abuse disorder 869 (14) 786 (14) 83 (13) 0.520
Married 3370 (54) 3104 (55) 266 (42) <0.001
 Missing 71 67 4
Education level <0.001
Non-high school graduate 732 (13) 623 (12) 109 (19)
 High school graduate 2269 (39) 2052 (39) 217 (39)
  Some college/2-year degree 1499 (26) 1382 (27) 117 (21)
 4 year or advanced degree 1262 (22) 1143 (22) 119 (21)
  Missing 574 492 82

Data presented as N (%) unless otherwise indicated.

SD standard deviation