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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011–2014 (N = 2422)

From: Association between dietary vitamin B1 intake and cognitive function among older adults: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Vitamin B1 intake, mg/d

Total

Q1(≤ 0.97)

Q2(0.98–1.33)

Q3(1.34–1.82)

Q4(> 1.82)

p-Value

Number of participants

2422

606

602

608

606

 

Age (years)

69.3 ± 6.7

69.5 ± 6.5

69.2 ± 6.8

69.8 ± 7.0

68.8 ± 6.6

0.077

Gender, n (%)

     

 < 0.001

 Male

1190 (49.1)

225 (37.1)

250 (41.5)

296 (48.7)

419 (69.1)

 

 Female

1232 (50.9)

381 (62.9)

352 (58.5)

312 (51.3)

187 (30.9)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

29.2 ± 6.4

29.5 ± 6.3

29.2 ± 6.7

29.3 ± 6.3

28.9 ± 6.5

0.492

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

     

 < 0.001

 Non-Hispanic white

1214 (50.1)

274 (45.2)

285 (47.3)

325 (53.5)

330 (54.5)

 

 Non-Hispanic black

568 (23.5)

182 (30.0)

153 (25.4)

123 (20.2)

110 (18.2)

 

 Mexican American

206 (8.5)

40 (6.6)

44 (7.3)

60 (9.9)

62 (10.2)

 

 Others

434 (17.9)

110 (18.2)

120 (19.9)

100 (16.4)

104 (17.2)

 

Education level (year), n (%)

     

0.546

  < 9

245 (10.1)

69 (11.4)

61 (10.1)

58 (9.5)

57 (9.4)

 

 9–12

889 (36.7)

232 (38.3)

225 (37.4)

224 (36.8)

208 (34.3)

 

  > 12

1288 (53.2)

305 (50.3)

316 (52.5)

326 (53.6)

341 (56.3)

 

Marital status, n (%)

     

 < 0.001

 Married or living with a partner

1413 (58.3)

309 (51.0)

342 (56.8)

356 (58.6)

406 (67.0)

 

 Living alone

1009 (41.7)

297 (49.0)

260 (43.2)

252 (41.4)

200 (33.0)

 

Family income, n (%)

     

 < 0.001

 Low

704 (29.1)

213 (35.1)

176 (29.2)

173 (28.5)

142 (23.4)

 

 Medium

929 (38.4)

227 (37.5)

233 (38.7)

246 (40.5)

223 (36.8)

 

 High

789 (32.6)

166 (27.4)

193 (32.1)

189 (31.1)

241 (39.8)

 

Smoking status, n (%)

     

 < 0.001

 Never

1179 (48.7)

313 (51.7)

309 (51.3)

308 (50.7)

249 (41.1)

 

 Former

944 (39.0)

200 (33.0)

222 (36.9)

231 (38.0)

291 (48.0)

 

 Current

299 (12.3)

93 (15.3)

71 (11.8)

69 (11.3)

66 (10.9)

 

Alcohol status, n (%)

     

0.013

 Never

351 (14.5)

99 (16.3)

90 (15)

96 (15.8)

66 (10.9)

 

 Former

688 (28.4)

189 (31.2)

173 (28.7)

166 (27.3)

160 (26.4)

 

 Current

1383 (57.1)

318 (52.5)

339 (56.3)

346 (56.9)

380 (62.7)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

     

0.442

 Yes

1268 (52.4)

324 (53.5)

328 (54.5)

307 (50.5)

309 (51.0)

 

 No

1154 (47.6)

282 (46.5)

274 (45.5)

301 (49.5)

297 (49.0)

 

Diabetes, n (%)

     

0.134

 Yes

565 (23.3)

155 (25.6)

147 (24.4)

141 (23.2)

122 (20.1)

 

 No

1857 (76.7)

451 (74.4)

455 (75.6)

467 (76.8)

484 (79.9)

 

Coronary heart disease, n (%)

     

0.848

 Yes

221 (9.1)

55 (9.1)

50 (8.3)

57 (9.4)

59 (9.7)

 

 No

2201 (90.9)

551 (90.9)

552 (91.7)

551 (90.6)

547 (90.3)

 

Stroke, n (%)

     

0.217

 Yes

161 (6.6)

50 (8.3)

42 (7.0)

34 (5.6)

35 (5.8)

 

 No

2261 (93.4)

556 (91.7)

560 (93)

574 (94.4)

571 (94.2)

 

Cognitive score

      

 DSST, Mean ± SD

46.7 ± 17.0

43.9 ± 17.3

47.2 ± 17.3

47.4 ± 17.3

48.3 ± 15.7

 < 0.001

 AFT, Mean ± SD

16.8 ± 5.5

16.1 ± 5.3

16.7 ± 5.4

17.1 ± 5.5

17.6 ± 5.7

 < 0.001

 CERAD-IRT, Mean ± SD

19.1 ± 4.6

18.8 ± 4.7

19.0 ± 4.6

19.4 ± 4.4

19.1 ± 4.6

0.119

 CERAD-DRT, Mean ± SD

6.0 ± 2.3

5.9 ± 2.3

6.0 ± 2.3

6.1 ± 2.2

6.1 ± 2.3

0.502

 Z score, Median (IQR)

0.02 (−0.54, 0.55)

−0.03 (−0.66, 0.48)

−0.01 (−0.54, 0.53)

0.05 (−0.52, 0.63)

0.10 (−0.44, 0.57)

0.008

  1. % weighted proportion, BMI body mass index, DSST Digit Symbol substation test, AFT Animal Fluency Test, CERAD Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s disease; CERAD-IRT immediate recall in CERAD trial, CERAD-DRT delayed recall in CERAD trial, Z score is average of the standardized scores of DSST, AFT, CERAD-IRT, CERAD-DRT, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, Q1-Q4 Quartile according to vitamin B1 intake