Table 1 Descriptive statistics.

From: Contribution of social and lifestyle factors to cognitive status and 5-year change among middle-aged and older Americans

Transition in cognitive status

 

2015–2016

 
  

Normal

MCI

Dementia

2010–2011

N (%)

1226 (55.93%)

821 (37.45%)

145 (6.61%)

Normal

1374 (62.68%)

1040 (75.69%)

321 (23.36%)

13 (0.95%)

MCI

734 (33.49%)

184 (25.07%)

470 (64.03%)

80 (10.90%)

Dementia

84 (3.83%)

2 (2.38%)

30 (35.71%)

52 (61.90%)

Categorical variables

%

 

Cognitive status

  

 Worse cognitive status

18.89%

 

 No qualitative change

71.26%

 

 Better cognitive status

9.85%

 

Vigorous physical activity

  

 No vigorous physical activity

20.05%

 

 less than 1 time per month

9.36%

 

 2–3 times per month

8.90%

 

 1–2 times per week

17.12%

 

 3–4 times per week

21.55%

 

 5 or more times per week

23.01%

 

Smoking

  

 Never smoked regularly

43.20%

 

 Ever smoked regularly but no longer smoking

45.16%

 

 Current smoker

11.63%

 

Drinking

  

 Never drank

14.87%

 

 Past drinking

29.38%

 

 Current drinking (<4 days per week)

40.15%

 

 Current drinking (≥4 days per week)

15.60%

 

Self-reported sleep quality

  

 feel rested most of the time in the morning

66.29%

 

Number of close social ties

  

 0–1

5.47%

 

 2–3

23.18%

 

 4–9

45.26%

 

 10–20

17.79%

 

 More than 20

8.30%

 

Male

44.98%

 

Race and ethnicity

  

 Whites

72.90%

 

 non-Hispanic Blacks

13.82%

 

 Hispanics

10.90%

 

 Others

2.37%

 

Living arrangements

  

 Living alone

18.93%

 

 Living with spouse with or without others

72.45%

 

 Other living arrangements

8.62%

 

Educational attainment

  

 Below high school

17.34%

 

 High school graduate

24.41%

 

 Some college

31.39%

 

 Bachelors or above

26.87%

 

Annual household income (USD)

  

 0–24,999

26.87%

 

 25,000–49,999

26.60%

 

 50,000–99,999

31.89%

 

 100k or higher

14.64%

 

Continuous variables

Mean

[Min, Max]

Age (years)

71.56

[62, 90]

Cognitive status

  

 CCFM total score (2010_11)

25.32

[10.11, 30]

 CCFM total score (2015_16)

24.52

[8.97, 30]

Social factors in past year

  

 Freq. of doing volunteer work

2.24

[0, 6]

 Freq. of attending group meetings

2.75

[0, 6]

 Freq. of socializing with friends or relatives

4.36

[0, 6]

 Freq. of attending religious services

2.69

[0, 5]

  1. Sample size = 2192. The cognitive variables were assessed in both the 2010–2011 and 2015–2016 periods, whereas all other variables were measured solely in the 2010–2011 wave. MCI mild cognitive impairment, CCFM Chicago Cognitive Function Measure.