Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants.
Characteristics | Total sample | Female | Male | P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 1270) | (n = 672) | (n = 598) | ||
Age (years) | 59.71 (7.44) | 58.88 (6.84) | 60.65 (7.97) | <0.001 |
Education, n (%) | 0.520 | |||
College or above | 641 (50.8) | 346 (51.7) | 295 (49.7) | |
Others | 629 (49.2) | 326 (48.3) | 303 (51.3) | |
Townsend deprivation index | −1.57 (2.81) | −1.47 (2.87) | −1.69 (2.74) | 0.167 |
Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
White | 1168 (92.0) | 622 (92.6) | 546 (91.3) | 0.473 |
Non-White | 102 (8.0) | 50 (7.4) | 52 (8.7) | |
APOE ε4 carrier, n (%) | 257 (20.2) | 141 (21.0) | 116 (19.4) | 0.528 |
Smoking status, n (%) | 0.075 | |||
Never | 816 (64.7) | 450 (67.4) | 366 (61.6) | |
Former | 402 (31.9) | 199 (29.8) | 203 (34.2) | |
Current | 44 (3.5) | 19 (2.8) | 25 (4.2) | |
Alcohol intake frequency, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
Daily or almost daily | 199 (15.7) | 92 (13.8) | 107 (18.0) | |
3–4 times/week | 382 (30.2) | 182 (27.2) | 200 (33.6) | |
1–2 times/week | 366 (29.0) | 193 (28.8) | 173 (29.1) | |
1–3 times/month | 149 (11.8) | 90 (13.5) | 59 (9.9) | |
Occasions | 110 (8.7) | 82 (12.3) | 28 (4.7) | |
Never | 58 (4.6) | 30 (4.5) | 28 (4.7) | |
COVID-19, n (%) | 636 (50.1) | 336 (50.0) | 300 (50.2) | 0.997 |
Hypertension, n (%) | 645 (50.8) | 260 (38.7) | 385 (64.4) | <0.001 |
Diabetes, n (%) | 51 (4.0) | 15 (2.2) | 36 (6.0) | 0.001 |
CAD, n (%) | 58 (4.6) | 16 (2.4) | 42 (7.0) | <0.001 |
