Table 3 Characteristics of study participants (N = 9745) given as mean, SD, frequencies (%) by dementia diagnosis or not
| Â | Dementia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||
n | % | n | % | |
Total | 8220 | 84.4 | 1525 | 15.7 |
Life satisfaction (mean, SD) | 5.7 | (1.0) | 5.6 | (1.1) |
Age in years in 2018 (mean, SD) | 77.1 | (5.7) | 83.8 | (7.4) |
HADS (mean, SD) | 7.9 | (5.5) | 8.6 | (5.9) |
Number of children | ||||
 0 | 503 | 6.1 | 144 | 9.4 |
 1 | 571 | 6.9 | 155 | 10.2 |
 2 | 2835 | 34.5 | 408 | 26.8 |
 3 | 2714 | 33.0 | 421 | 27.6 |
 4 +  | 1597 | 19.4 | 397 | 26.0 |
Sex | ||||
 Women | 4400 | 53.5 | 900 | 59.0 |
 Men | 3820 | 46.5 | 625 | 41.0 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Completed tertiary | 1843 | 22.4 | 160 | 10.5 |
 Completed secondary or below | 6377 | 77.6 | 1365 | 89.5 |
Marital status at age 25Â years | ||||
 Married | 4612 | 67.4 | 464 | 65.6 |
 Non married/widow/divorced/separated | 2228 | 32.6 | 243 | 34.4 |
Daily smoking | ||||
 No | 3308 | 43.8 | 631 | 45.4 |
 Yes | 4240 | 56.2 | 760 | 54.6 |
Physically inactive | ||||
 No | 3128 | 42.2 | 514 | 37.9 |
 Yes | 4283 | 57.8 | 841 | 62.1 |
Alcohol intake 5 times or more in the past two weeks | ||||
 No | 6732 | 91.6 | 1207 | 92.2 |
 Yes | 618 | 8.4 | 102 | 7.8 |
Participation in social activities | ||||
 Never or only few times/year | 3982 | 61.4 | 631 | 55.3 |
 1–2 times/month to more than once/week | 2499 | 38.6 | 510 | 44.7 |
Feeling lonely | ||||
 Never/very rarely | 6999 | 94.1 | 1,261 | 92.4 |
 Sometimes to very often | 437 | 5.9 | 103 | 7.6 |
Occupational complexity | ||||
 Not working | 559 | 6.8 | 216 | 14.2 |
 Low | 281 | 3.4 | 90 | 5.9 |
 Intermediate | 5051 | 61.4 | 968 | 63.5 |
 High | 2329 | 28.3 | 251 | 16.5 |
Diabetes | ||||
 No | 7541 | 98.2 | 1369 | 96.0 |
 Yes | 142 | 1.8 | 57 | 4.0 |
Obesity | ||||
 No | 6473 | 84.4 | 1,122 | 79.0 |
 Yes | 1200 | 15.6 | 299 | 21.0 |
Hypertension | ||||
 No | 3740 | 48.7 | 467 | 32.8 |
 Yes | 3938 | 51.3 | 958 | 67.2 |
Religion | ||||
 Humanistic/atheistic | 950 | 14.8 | 77 | 7.9 |
 Member of official religious order | 5489 | 85.2 | 893 | 92.1 |
Hearing impairment | ||||
 No | 7195 | 87.5 | 1166 | 76.5 |
 Yes | 1025 | 12.5 | 359 | 23.5 |