Table 5 General characteristics of the participants
Men | Women | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number, n (%) | 2247 (49.1%) | 2326 (50.9%) | – |
Sociodemographic characteristics | |||
Age (years), median (IQR) | 59 (55, 62) | 58 (54, 62) | 0.045* |
Education (years), median (IQR) | 12 (9, 15) | 9 (9, 12) | < 0.001** |
Occupation, n (%) | < 0.001** | ||
Manual work | 452 (20.1%) | 723 (31.1%) | |
White-collar work | 921 (41.0%) | 453 (19.5%) | |
Monthly income, n (%) | < 0.001** | ||
Low | 607 (27.0%) | 868 (37.3%) | |
Medium | 734 (32.7%) | 722 (31.1%) | |
High | 906 (40.3%) | 736 (31.6%) | |
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD | 25.38 ± 3.12 | 24.59 ± 3.16 | < 0.001** |
BMI group, n (%) | < 0.001** | ||
Underweight | 19 (0.8%) | 27 (1.16%) | |
Normal weight | 992 (44.1%) | 1268 (54.5%) | |
Overweight | 1018 (45.3%) | 805 (34.6%) | |
Obese | 218 (9.7%) | 226 (9.7%) | |
Lifestyle, n (%) | |||
Solitude | 42 (1.9%) | 45 (1.9%) | 0.871 |
Reading habits | 1450 (64.5%) | 1125 (48.4%) | < 0.001** |
Physically active | 1612 (71.7%) | 1712 (73.6%) | 0.158 |
Current smoker | 973 (43.3%) | 62 (2.7%) | < 0.001** |
Current drinker | 1123 (50.0%) | 127 (5.5%) | < 0.001** |
Medical history, n (%) | |||
Diabetes | 372 (16.6%) | 281 (12.1%) | < 0.001** |
Hypertension | 784 (34.9%) | 664 (28.5%) | < 0.001** |
Hyperlipidemia | 476 (21.2%) | 494 (21.2%) | 0.964 |
Stroke | 32 (1.4%) | 26 (1.1%) | 0.355 |
Coronary heart disease | 203 (9.0%) | 140 (6.0%) | < 0.001** |
Family history of dementia | 160 (7.1%) | 204 (8.8%) | 0.039* |