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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;70(4):1187–1196. doi: 10.3233/JAD-190042

Table 1.

Baseline descriptive characteristics of the participants

No Cognitive Impairment (n = 12,519) Mild Cognitive Impairment (n = 1,045) Severe Cognitive Impairment (n = 264) Any Cognitive Impairment (n = 1,309)
Handgrip Strength (kg) 31.6 ± 11.0 32.0 ± 11.4 29.8 ± 11.0 31.6 ± 11.3
Age (y) 67.0 ± 10.1 59.1 ± 8.2 61.4 ± 10.1 59.6 ± 8.7
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 28.1 ± 5.7 29.2 ± 6.6 28.1 ± 6.9 29.0 ± 6.6
Morbidities 1.8 ± 1.3 1.9 ± 1.5 2.2 ± 1.6 2.0 ± 1.5
CES-D Score 1.3 ± 1.8 2.3 ± 2.4 2.9 ± 2.3 2.4 ± 2.4
Male (n (%)) 5,069 (40.5%) 376 (36.0%) 98 (37.1%) 474 (36.2%)
Black (n (%)) 1,471 (11.8%) 327 (31.3%) 80 (30.3%) 407 (31.1%)
White (n (%)) 10,537 (84.2%) 597 (57.1%) 139 (52.6%) 736 (56.2%)
Hispanic (n (%)) 955 (7.6%) 197 (18.9%) 59 (22.3%) 256 (19.6%)
Current Smoker (n (%)) 1,601 (12.8%) 282 (27.0%) 76 (28.7%) 358 (27.4%)
Previous Smoker (n (%)) 7,093 (56.7%) 615 (58.9%) 166 (62.8%) 781 (59.7%)
Any Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (n (%)) 10,481 (83.8%) 810 (77.5%) 178 (67.4%) 988 (75.5%)
Social Engagement 1.4 ± 0.9 1.3 ± 0.8 0.9 ± 0.8 1.2 ± 0.8
Educational Achievement (n (%))
 Grad College and Above 2,978 (23.8%) 81 (7.8%) 17 (6.4%) 98 (7.5%)
 Grad HS or Passed HS Equivalent 7,476 (59.7%) 580 (55.5%) 101 (38.3%) 681 (52.0%)
 Test; Completed Some College
 Did Not Grad from HS 2,064 (16.5%) 383 (36.7%) 146 (55.3%) 529 (40.4%)
Self-Rated Health (n (%))
 Excellent 1,579 (12.6%) 91 (8.7%) 17 (6.4%) 108 (8.4%)
 Very Good 4,082 (32.6%) 209 (20.0%) 33 (12.5%) 242 (18.5%)
 Good 3,986 (31.8%) 301 (28.8%) 51 (19.3%) 352 (26.9%)
 Fair 2,216 (17.7%) 312 (29.9%) 99 (37.5%) 411 (31.4%)
 Poor 649 (5.2%) 129 (12.3%) 64 (24.3%) 193 (14.7%)

CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression; Grad, graduate; HS, high school; kg, kilogram; kg/m2, kilograms per meters-squared.