Impact of diabetes mellitus and cardiometabolic syndrome on the risk of Alzheimer’s disease among postmenopausal women

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants by diabetes mellitus status

	By DM status
	Non-DM		DM
	n	mean, %	n	mean, %	P value
Age, mean (SD), yr	55862	62.9 (7.2)	7255	63.2 (7.0)	< 0.001
Age group, No., %					< 0.001
50-59	19398	89.4	2295	10.6
60-69	25068	87.9	3467	12.2
70-79	11396	88.4	1493	11.6
Race/ethnicity, No., %					< 0.001
White	49927	89.7	5745	10.3
Africa American	2706	75.7	871	24.4
Others	3229	83.5	639	16.5
Marital status1, No., %					< 0.001
Never or separated	10645	87.1	1579	12.9
Widowed	8139	86.3	1296	13.7
Presently married	36869	89.5	4341	10.5
Education level2, No., %					< 0.001
≤ High School	9484	84.7	1707	15.3
> HS and Associate	19398	87.1	2873	12.9
≥ College	26589	91.1	2608	8.9
Annual family income (US$), No., %					< 0.001
< 35000	17099	84.8	3073	15.2
35000-49999	10809	88.5	1401	11.5
50000-74999	11685	89.9	1306	10.1
≥ 75000	12902	92.4	1055	7.6
Medicare, No., %					< 0.001
No	35403	88.9	4402	11.1
Yes	20034	87.8	2787	12.2
Pre-paid private insurance, No., %					0.13
No	32403	88.4	4269	11.6
Yes	23034	88.7	2920	11.3
Hormone usage status, No., %					< 0.001
Never used	20552	86.6	3180	13.4
Past user	7901	87.7	1104	12.3
Current user	27368	90.2	2963	9.8
Smoking status, No., %					0.46
Never	28078	88.6	3609	11.4
Past	24222	88.5	3140	11.5
Current	2908	87.9	401	12.1
Medical history, No., %
Hypertension	20494	81.8	4566	18.2	< 0.001
Myocardial infarction	1746	78.9	467	21.1	< 0.001
Angina	1080	79.1	285	20.9	< 0.001
Stroke	1802	81.1	421	18.9	< 0.001
Peripheral artery disease	766	75.6	247	24.4	< 0.001

¹Never/separated includes divorced; presently married includes marriage-like relationship.

²Associate: Included vocational or training school, some college or associate degree. DM: Diabetes mellitus; SD: Standard deviation.