Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants at baseline
From: Epilepsy and brain health: a large prospective cohort study
Characteristics | Overall (N = 426,527) | Epilepsy (N = 3,251) | No epilepsy (N = 423,276) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age at enrollment, mean (s.d.) | 56.52 (8.12) | 56.49 (8.13) | 56.52 (8.12) | 0.838 |
Sex (%) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
Male | 197,963 (46.41) | 1,641 (50.48) | 196,322 (46.38) | Â |
Female | 228,564 (53.59) | 1,610 (49.52) | 226,954 (53.62) | Â |
Ethnicity (%) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
White | 400,231 (93.83) | 3,126 (96.16) | 397,105 (93.82) | Â |
Others | 23,950 (5.62) | 102 (3.14) | 23,848 (5.63) | Â |
Education level (%) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
College degree | 200,532 (47.02) | 1,244 (38.27) | 199,288 (47.08) | Â |
Others | 217,175 (50.92) | 1,911 (58.78) | 215,264 (50.86) | Â |
Smoking status (%) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
Current smoking | 42,079 (9.87) | 422 (12.98) | 41,657 (9.84) | Â |
Previous smoking | 145,473 (34.11) | 1,083 (33.31) | 144,390 (34.11) | Â |
Never smoking | 236,498 (55.45) | 1,714 (52.72) | 234,784 (55.47) | Â |
Alcohol drinker status (%) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
Current drinking | 393,422 (92.24) | 2,713 (83.45) | 390,709 (92.31) | Â |
Previous drinking | 13,203 (3.10) | 273 (8.40) | 12,930 (3.05) | Â |
Never drinking | 18,544 (4.35) | 240 (7.38) | 18,304 (4.32) | Â |
Other brain disorders (%)a | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Dementia | 7,224 (1.69) | 152 (4.68) | 7,072 (1.67) | < 0.001 |
PD | 2,815 (0.66) | 44 (1.35) | 2,771 (0.65) | < 0.001 |
Sleep disorders | 8,465 (1.98) | 123 (3.78) | 8,342 (1.97) | < 0.001 |
Stroke | 14,311 (3.36) | 209 (6.43) | 14,102 (3.33) | < 0.001 |
Anxiety | 17,677 (4.14) | 231 (7.11) | 17,446 (4.12) | < 0.001 |
Bipolar | 300 (0.07) | 4 (0.12) | 296 (0.06) | 0.420 |
MDD | 16,979 (3.98) | 241 (7.41) | 16,738 (3.95) | < 0.001 |
Schizophrenia | 239 (0.06) | 13 (0.40) | 226 (0.05) | < 0.001 |