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Table 1 Baseline Information of the Cohort [n (%)/Mean ± Standard Deviation]

From: Associations between PM2.5 exposure and Alzheimer’s Disease prevalence Among elderly in eastern China

Variable

Classification

Total

(n = 1545)

Male

(n = 739)

Female

(n = 806)

P values

Age

 

68.21 (4.81)

68.62 (4.91)

67.72 (4.60)

 < 0.001

Age group

60–64

403 (26.08)

174 (23.55)

229 (28.41)

0.001

65–69

528 (34.17)

243 (32.88)

285 (35.36)

 

70–74

436 (28.22)

214 (28.96)

222 (27.54)

 

75–85

178 (11.52)

108 (14.61)

70 (8.68)

 

Marital status

Living alone

205 (13.65)

63 (8.82)

142 (18.02)

 < 0.001

Cohabitation

1297 (86.35)

651 (91.18)

646 (81.98)

 

Annual household income

 < 50,000

309 (20.59)

134 (18.77)

175 (22.24)

0.11

50,000–100,000

882 (58.76)

439 (61.48)

443 (56.29)

 

 > 100,000

310 (20.65)

141 (19.75)

169 (21.47)

 

Educational degree

Illiteracy

232 (15.02)

61 (8.25)

171 (21.22)

 < 0.001

Primary school

910 (58.90)

433 (58.59)

477 (59.18)

 

Junior high school

350 (22.65)

215 (29.09)

135 (16.75)

 

Senior high school and above

53 (3.40)

30 (4.06)

23 (2.85)

 

Occupation before retirement

Farmers

739 (47.83)

343 (46.41)

396 (49.13)

 < 0.001

Blue-collar workers

705 (45.63)

328 (44.38)

377 (46.77)

 

White-collar workers

101 (6.54)

68 (9.20)

33 (4.09)

 

BMI, kg/m2

 

24.51 (3.02)

24.36 (2.88)

24.54 (3.18)

0.55

BMI group

    

0.15

  BMI < 24

Normal

689 (45.93)

329 (46.08)

360 (45.80)

 

  BMI ≥ 24 and < 28

Overweight

167 (11.13)

68 (9.52)

99 (12.60)

 

  BMI ≥ 28

Obese

644 (42.93)

317 (44.40)

327 (41.60)

 

Smokers

No

1189 (76.96)

450 (60.89)

739 (91.69)

 < 0.001

Yes

356 (23.04)

289 (39.11)

67 (8.31)

 

ETS

No

995 (64.40)

432 (58.46)

563 (69.85)

 < 0.001

Yes

550 (35.60)

307 (41.54)

243 (30.15)

 

Anxiety

No

1360 (96.25)

634 (96.65)

726 (95.90)

0.49

Yes

53 (3.75)

22 (3.35)

31 (4.10)

 

Depression

No

1255 (81.34)

620 (83.90)

635 (78.98)

0.02

Yes

288 (18.66)

119 (16.10)

169 (21.02)

 

Waistline

Normal

488 (32.53)

298 (41.74)

190 (24.17)

 < 0.001

Abnormal

1012 (67.47)

416 (58.26)

596 (75.83)

 

SBP, mmHg

 

150.71 (20.02)

149.92 (19.33)

151.37 (20.64)

0.15

 < 140

451 (30.00)

227 (31.80)

224 (28.50)

0.23

140–18

927 (61.80)

435 (60.90)

492 (62.50)

 

 ≥ 180

123 (8.20)

52 (7.30)

71 (9.0)

 

DBP, mmHg

 

81.32 (10.73)

83.24 (11.08)

79.68 (10.12)

 < 0.001

 < 90

1184 (78.88)

519 (72.69)

665 (84.50)

 < 0.001

 < 110

307 (20.45)

188 (26.33)

119 (15.12)

 

 ≥ 110

10 (0.67)

7 (0.98)

3 (0.38)

 

HDL, mmol/L

 ≥ 1.0

75 (5.09)

32 (4.58)

43 (5.54)

0.477

 < 1.0

1399 (94.91)

666 (95.42)

733 (94.46)

 

TG, mmol/L

 < 1.7

1002 (69.98)

504 (76.13)

498 (64.93)

 < 0.001

 ≥ 1.7

427 (30.02)

158 (23.87)

269 (35.07)

 

TC, mmol/L

 < 5.7

1095 (73.10)

576 (80.79)

519 (66.11)

 < 0.001

 ≥ 5.7

403 (26.90)

137 (19.21)

266 (33.89)

 

LDL, mmol/L

 < 3.3

1234 (82.27)

628 (88.08)

606 (77.00)

 < 0.001

 ≥ 3.3

266 (17.73)

85 (11.92)

181 (23.00)

 
  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body Mass Index, ETS Environmental Tobacco Smoke, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, HDL High-density lipoprotein, TG triglyceride, TC cholesterol, LDL Low density lipoprotein