Table 1 Participant characteristics in the total sample and according to dementia type

N

2121

1467

281

98

174

101

–

Age

67.20 ± 8.19

67.42 ± 8.35

63.92 ± 7.49

69.67 ± 8.02

69.37 ± 7.19

66.96 ± 6.75

< .001

Sex (% male)

57.2

52.2

63.7

67.3

81.6

60.4

< .001

Education (Verhage)^a,b

5 (2)

5 (2)

5 (1)

5 (1)

6 (2)

5 (2)

.007

MMSE^b

21.25 ± 5.29

20.42 ± 5.14

23.48 ± 5.48

22.80 ± 4.78

22.42 ± 4.94

23.82 ± 4.82

< .001

BMI^c

25.24 ± 4.05

24.83 ± 3.95

26.88 ± 4.38

26.92 ± 4.70

25.10 ± 3.38

25.73 ± 3.58

< .001

Smoking (% ever)^c

53.3

52.0

56.5

55.2

54.2

59.6

.464

Alcohol use (units/day)^c

.32 ± .47

.32 ± .47

.36 ± .48

.22 ± .42

.30 ± .46

.28 ± .45

.190

Myocard infarction (%)^c

3.9

3.4

4.9

14.6

2.5

1.0

< .001

Hypertension (%)^c

26.3

25.3

23.2

54.6

22.0

28.6

< .001

Hypercholesterolemia (%)^c

9.3

9.3

8.2

9.4

10.4

9.2

.957

Diabetes mellitus (%)^c

9.5

8.0

11.5

29.2

10.9

5.1

< .001

VRF score ^c

1.97 ± 1.64

1.86 ± 1.62

2.00 ± 1.56

3.29 ± 1.82

2.03 ± 1.69

1.98 ± 1.46

< .001