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Table 1 Demographic details of participants

From: Prevalence and modifiable risk factors for dementia in persons with intellectual disabilities

Demographics

Total (n = 1831)

Dementia (n = 118)

Without dementia (n = 1713)

P-value

Age, mean years (SD)

54.7 (12.4)

71.7 (10.1)

53.6 (14.5)

 < 0.001

Female sex, n (%)

712 (38.9)

62 (52.5)

650 (37.9)

0.002

Male sex, n (%)

1119 (61.1)

56 (47.5)

1063 (62.1)

Education, mean years (SD)a

8.3 (3.2)

4.4 (4.6)

8.5 (4.0)

 < 0.001

Severity of ID

 Mild ID, n (%)

50 (2.7)

5 (4.2)

45 (2.6)

0.45

 Moderate ID, n (%)

379 (20.7)

21 (17.8)

358 (20.9)

 Severe ID, n (%)

1402 (76.6)

92 (78.0)

1310 (76.5)

DSQIID-J, mean (SD)

3.4 (6.5)

17.8 (12.9)

2.4 (4.3)

 < 0.001

Observation period, mean years (SD)

7.9 (6.8)

10.0 (7.5)

7.8 (6.7)

0.002

Comorbidity

 Vision disorder, n (%)

122 (6.7)

15 (12.7)

107 (6.2)

0.006

 Hearing disorder, n (%)

106 (5.8)

17 (14.4)

89 (5.2)

 < 0.001

 Gait disorder, n (%)

33 (1.8)

4 (3.4)

29 (16.9)

0.18

 Hypertension, n (%)

288 (12.5)

53 (45.0)

235 (13.7)

 < 0.001

 Dyslipidemias, n (%)

219 (12.0)

25 (21.2)

194 (11.3)

0.001

 Diabetes, n (%)

96 (5.2)

10 (8.5)

86 (5.0)

0.10

 Depression, n (%)

29 (1.6)

4 (3.4)

25 (1.5)

0.11

 TBI, n (%)

40 (2.2)

10 (8.5)

30 (1.8)

 < 0.001

 Stroke, n (%)

52 (2.8)

22 (18.6)

30 (17.5)

 < 0.001

 Epilepsy, n (%)

782 (42.7)

45 (38.1)

737 (43.0)

0.30

  1. Abbreviations: DSQIID-J The Japanese version of the Dementia Screening Questionnaire for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, ID intellectual disabilities, SD standard deviation, TBI traumatic brain injury
  2. P value compares subjects with and without dementia
  3. aFor 1682/1831 (91.8%), the duration of education was confirmed