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Table 2 Participant characteristics according to dementia onset during the 5-year follow-up

From: Prediction of dementia risk by instrumental activities of daily living limitations and its impact on dementia onset in combination with mild cognitive impairment: a population-based longitudinal study

Variables

Dementia onset during the 5-year follow-up

P-value *

Participants without

dementia onset

n = 1,967

Participants with

dementia onset

n = 151

Age, years

73.0 ± 5.7

79.4 ± 5.0

< 0.001

Sex, men (%)

787 (40.0)

54 (35.8)

0.304

Education, years

11.1 ± 2.3

10.5 ± 2.3

0.004

Hypertension, n (%)

987 (50.2)

80 (53.0)

0.507

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

271 (13.8)

31 (20.5)

0.022

Heart disease, n (%)

327 (16.6)

21 (13.9)

0.385

MMSE, points

27.6 ± 2.0

26.9 ± 1.9

< 0.001

MCI, n (%)

462 (23.5)

65 (43.0)

< 0.001

  1. MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; MCI, mild cognitive impairment.
  2. Data are expressed as means ± standard deviations or numbers (%)
  3. * P-values are based on the Student’s t-test for continuous variables and the chi-squared test for categorical variables