From: Risk factors for dementia in the epidemiological study of Munguialde County (Basque Country-Spain)
Characteristics | Subjects with dementia N = 175 | Healthy subjects N = 1756 | p |
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Age (mean ± SD) | 81.58 (8.15) | 73.95 (6.3) | < 0.001 |
Sex* | |||
Female | 127 (72.6%) | 950 (54.1%) | < 0.001 |
Male | 48 (27.4%) | 806 (45.9%) | < 0.001 |
Age group | |||
65–69* | 10 (5.7%) | 501 (28.5%) | < 0.001 |
70–74* | 30 (17.1%) | 542 (30.9%) | < 0.001 |
75–79 | 31 (17.7%) | 364 (20.7%) | 0.35 |
80–84* | 34 (19.4%) | 217 (12.4%) | 0.01 |
≥ 85* | 70 (40%) | 132 (7.5%) | < 0.001 |
Years of education (SD) * | 4.45 (3.85) | 6.18 (3.99) | < 0.001 |
Educational level* | |||
Illiterate | 76 (43.4%) | 445 (25.3%) | < 0.001 |
Primary-Secondary | 95 (54.3%) | 1198 (68.2%) | < 0.001 |
Higher | 4 (2.3%) | 113 (6.4%) | 0.03 |
MMSE (SD) * | 12.61 (8.31) | 27.22 (2.38) | < 0.001 |