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Table 3 Life style habits and activities of participants (n = 1,842) by age group at baseline

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

 

80-84

85-89

90-94

95+

All

Men

Women

Current smoker, %

3.7

2.9

1.6

0.7

2.6

6.2

1.3

Former smoker, %

26.3

15.6

12.3

10.7

17.3

54.4

4.6

Current alcohol consumption, %

58.5

52.7

51.2

39.3

52.8

69.9

47.0

Former alcohol consumption, %

12.2

16.8

16.0

22.0

15.6

17.7

14.9

Mean current daily alcohol, cl (SD) 1

17.3 (12.3)

18.2 (15.5)

14.9 (10.8)

15.4 (12.5)

16.7 (13.0)

23.3 (15.7)

13.4 (9.8)

Mean former daily alcohol, cl (SD) 1

25.9 (34.3)

18.8 (21.3)

14.2 (12.1)

21.5 (32.0)

19.2 (24.4)

28.8 (35.9)

15.3 (16.2)

Coffee drinking, %

81.6

83.2

78.7

78.8

81.0

82.1

80.6

Physical activity, %

53.8

35.5

25.0

16.0

36.0

49.3

31.5

Walking, %

87.4

77.1

63.3

51.0

73.7

79.7

71.7

Hobbies, %

79.2

67.5

53.4

39.2

64.3

74.4

60.8

Social activity, %

48.2

37.0

20.8

12.6

33.3

35.7

32.5

  1. 1 About 12 cl in one glass of wine.