Table 1 Demographic data of the participants from the Arakawa 65+ Study, Tokyo, Japan (n = 773, 2016).

From: Neuroimaging-derived brain age is associated with life satisfaction in cognitively unimpaired elderly: A community-based study

  

Men

Women

p

Subjects

n (%)

320 (41.4%)

453 (58.6%)

 

Age, yrs

Median (IQR)

70.8 (6.9)

72.3 (7.4)

0.034

MMSEa

Median (IQR)

29 (3)

28 (3)

0.143

SWLSa

Median (IQR)

22 (6.75)

22 (7)

0.341

Resiliencea

Median (IQR)

123 (25.75)

123 (24)

0.810

GDSa

Median (IQR)

3 (4)

2.5 (4)

0.415

Education Level

   

<0.001

 Primary school

n (%)

1 (0.3%)

2 (0.4%)

 

 Secondary school

n (%)

41 (12.8%)

51 (11.3%)

 

 High school

n (%)

132 (41.3%)

263 (58.1%)

 

 University or higher

n (%)

146 (45.6%)

137 (30.2%)

 

Current use of alcoholb

n (%)

233 (72.8%)

161 (35.9%)

<0.001

Current smokinga

n (%)

57 (21.7%)

26 (5.8%)

<0.001

Diabetesc

n (%)

60 (19.0%)

51 (11.3%)

0.003

Hypertensiond

n (%)

172 (53.9%)

199 (44.1%)

0.007

Dyslipidemiae

n (%)

109 (34.9%)

208 (46.4%)

0.002

  1. Differences between the men and women were analyzed by Mann–Whiteny’s U-test for continuous variables and the χ2 test for categorical variables.
  2. GDS Geriatric Depression Scale, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, SWLS Satisfaction with Life Scale.
  3. Missing in a1 subject, b4 subjects, c6 subjects, d3 subjects, e13 subjects.
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