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Table 1 Characteristics of participants with no dementia (n = 2057) and participants with Alzheimer disease (n = 52) at the time of HUNT2 (baseline)

From: The association of high sensitivity C-reactive protein and incident Alzheimer disease in patients 60 years and older: The HUNT study, Norway

HUNT 2 (1995-1997)

No dementia

Alzheimer disease

P valuea

Total study population, n

2057

52

 

Sex, Female, n (%)

1120 (54.4)

34 (65.4)

.02

Age at HUNT 2 (1995-1997), mean (SD)

70.37 (6.87)

72.28 (5.18)

.01

Time to debut, years, mean (SD)

0

8.01 (3.92)

 

Education, n (%)

  

.40

Primary

1251 (60.8)

35 (67.3)

 

Completed secondary

578 (28.1)

12 (23.0)

 

Completed upper secondary

228 (11.1)

5 (9.6)

 

High sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP),(<3 mg/dl) mean (SD)

2.17 (2.03)

1.95 (1.90)

.25

<70.6

n = 1135

n = 20

 

hsCRP, mean (SD)

2.13 (2.05)

2.77 (1.93)

.08

≥70.6

n = 922

n = 32

 

hsCRP, mean (SD)

2.23 (2.01)

1.44 (1.71)

.00

Creatinine (53-115 μmol/L), mean (SD)

90.91 (16.25)

87.73 (12.74)

.16

Cholesterol (3.5-6.5 mmol/L), mean (SD)

6.54 (1.22)

6.63 (1.97)

.60

Triglycerides (0.6-1.8 mmol/L), mean (SD)

1.90 (1.02)

2.03 (1.25)

.38

Non-fasting blood glucose (4.0-5.9 mmol/L), mean (SD)

5.90 (1.86)

5.80 (1.22)

.68

Body Mass Index (kg/m2) mean (SD)

27.12 (4.15)

26.87 (4.02)

.67

Pulse (beats/min), mean (SD)

72.01 (13.21)

71.48 (12.73)

.78

Systolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD)

151.81 (22.91)

157.40 (22.31)

.08

Diastolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD)

85.03 (12.74)

85.85 (13.63)

.65

Diabetes Mellitus, n (%)

133 (6.5)

2 (3.8)

.45

Myocardial Infarction, n (%)

173 (8.4)

2 (3.8)

.24

Angina Pectoris, n (%)

258 (12.5)

5 (9.6)

.53

Stroke, n (%)

85 (4.1)

1 (1.9)

.43

Daily Smoker, ever, n (%)

1191 (57.9)

27 (52.0)

.16

Subjective health status

  

.27

Poor, n (%)

48 (2.3)

1 (1.9)

 

Not so good, n (%)

757 (36.8)

18 (34.6)

 

Good, n (%)

1129 (54.9)

33 (63.5)

 

Very good, n (%)

123 (6.0)

  
  1. aP-values are derived from t tests for continuous variables and x2 tests for the binary variables