Table 1 Characteristics and cognitive function of study participants grouped by age at menarche
Characteristic | Age of menarche < 12, N = 138 (20.40%)1 | 12 ≤ Age of menarche ≤ 13, N = 366 (54.21%)1 | Age of menarche > 13, N = 194 (25.39%)1 | p-Value2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | > 0.9 | |||
60–69 years | 73 (50.75%) | 175 (47.69%) | 101 (49.41%) | |
70–79 year | 35 (26.70%) | 114 (29.55%) | 51 (28.68%) | |
≥ 80 years | 30 (22.55%) | 77 (22.76%) | 42 (21.91%) | |
Race/Ethnicity | 0.024 | |||
Non-Hispanic White | 75 (80.38%) | 199 (79.09%) | 81 (71.57%) | |
Non-Hispanic Black | 28 (9.19%) | 88 (10.45%) | 36 (9.26%) | |
Mexican American | 14 (3.66%) | 31 (3.67%) | 25 (6.18%) | |
Other Hispanic | 17 (4.75%) | 27 (2.70%) | 19 (4.13%) | |
Other/multiracial | 4 (2.01%) | 21 (4.09%) | 33 (8.86%) | |
Education attainment | 0.3 | |||
Less Than 9th Grade | 9 (4.76%) | 30 (5.20%) | 28 (7.24%) | |
9-11th Grade | 18 (9.90%) | 66 (13.77%) | 29 (13.70%) | |
High School Graduate/GED | 45 (35.88%) | 80 (21.37%) | 53 (29.72%) | |
Some College or AA degree | 43 (28.52%) | 111 (34.01%) | 56 (30.29%) | |
College Graduate or above | 23 (20.95%) | 79 (25.64%) | 28 (19.04%) | |
Alcohol intake | 0.3 | |||
1–5 drinks/month | 56 (43.41%) | 167 (48.52%) | 71 (41.90%) | |
5–10 drinks/month | 5 (3.97%) | 8 (2.04%) | 5 (3.31%) | |
≥ 10 drinks/month | 9 (11.53%) | 45 (15.72%) | 14 (9.02%) | |
Non-drinker | 68 (41.10%) | 146 (33.72%) | 104 (45.77%) | |
Smoke group | 0.8 | |||
Current smoker | 16 (12.40%) | 44 (12.16%) | 22 (9.97%) | |
Former smoker | 45 (38.42%) | 119 (35.19%) | 54 (32.81%) | |
Never smoker | 77 (49.18%) | 203 (52.64%) | 118 (57.22%) | |
BMI group | 0.057 | |||
Underweight (< 18.5) | 0 (0.00%) | 7 (1.33%) | 4 (0.91%) | |
Normal (18.5 to < 25) | 19 (17.39%) | 82 (26.90%) | 59 (25.81%) | |
Overweight (25 to < 30) | 39 (28.13%) | 115 (33.74%) | 55 (35.85%) | |
Obese (30 or greater) | 80 (54.48%) | 162 (38.02%) | 76 (37.43%) | |
Hypertension | 109 (74.53%) | 283 (74.14%) | 141 (67.87%) | 0.4 |
Diabetes | 65 (42.46%) | 145 (34.58%) | 81 (35.94%) | 0.4 |
PIR | 0.15 | |||
≤ 1.3 | 48 (23.30%) | 113 (20.78%) | 72 (23.32%) | |
1.3 < to ≤ 3.5 | 54 (41.95%) | 158 (41.55%) | 85 (53.39%) | |
> 3.5 | 36 (34.74%) | 95 (37.67%) | 37 (23.29%) | |
CERAD1 | 5.00 (4.00, 6.00) | 5.00 (4.00, 6.00) | 5.00 (4.00, 6.00) | 0.2 |
CERAD2 | 8.00 (6.00, 9.00) | 8.00 (6.00, 9.00) | 7.00 (7.00, 9.00) | 0.7 |
CERAD3 | 9.00 (7.00, 9.00) | 8.00 (7.00, 10.00) | 8.00 (7.00, 9.00) | 0.5 |
CERAD total | 21.0 (18.0, 24.0) | 21.0 (18.0, 24.0) | 21.0 (17.0, 24.0) | 0.5 |
CERAD delay recall | 7.00 (5.00, 9.00) | 7.00 (5.00, 8.00) | 7.00 (5.00, 8.00) | 0.15 |
AFT | 18.0 (14.0, 20.0) | 17.0 (14.0, 20.0) | 17.0 (14.0, 20.0) | 0.8 |
DSST | 52 (42, 62) | 53 (40, 64) | 50 (42, 64) | > 0.9 |