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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of the original population, the population included in the analyses, the participants, and the group of elderly without information

From: A Population-based study of dementia in the oldest old: the Monzino 80-plus Study

 

Residents

Individuals with information

Participants

Individuals without information

All, n

2,430

2,139

1,842

291

Men, n (%)

634 (26.1%)

553 (25.9%)

469 (25.5%)

81 (27.8%)

Women, n (%)

1,796 (73.9%)

1,586 (74.1%)

1,373 (74.5%)

210 (72.2%)

Mean age of men at interview (SD), years

 

86.9 (4.6) 1

87.2 (4.5)

 

Mean age of women at interview (SD), years

 

88.3 (4.8) 1

88.7 (4.7)

 

Mean age at interview, all (SD), years

 

88.0 (4.8) 1

88.4 (4.7)

 

Mean age at prevalence day, all (SD), years

87.2 (4.9)

87.3 (5.0)

87.6 (4.9)

86.3 (4.9) 2

Died in the year following interview, 3 %

12.8%

n.a. 4

12.8%

n.a. 4

  1. 1 At prevalence day for the individuals without interview; 2 Approximate estimates of the SD; 3 After prevalence day for those without interview; 4 The death rate was 12.9% in the 588 individuals without interview (297 with and 291 without information).