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Table 1 Sample description

From: A reverse factual analysis of the association between smoking and memory decline in China

Variable

Value

All samples Mean(S.E.)

Not smoke Mean(S.E.)

Used to smoke but not now Mean(S.E.)

Used to smoke and still now

P-value

Age

[60,96]

69.2712 (7.0622)

69.5268 (7.3423)

69.6814 (7.0001)

68.6140 (6.4907)

0.002**

Gender

1 male

0.4989 (0.5001)

0.2302 (0.4211)

0.8535 (0.3540)

0.8520 (0.3553)

0.000***

0 female

Residence

1 city

0.2184 (0.4132)

0.2456 (0.4306)

0.2698 (0.4444)

0.1450 (0.3523)

0.000***

0 rural

Marriage

1 married

0.6527 (0.4762)

0.5875 (0.4924)

0.7581 (0.4287)

0.7300 (0.4442)

0.000***

0 others

Years of education

2 more than 6 years

1.0359 (0.8844)

0.8767 (0.8948)

1.3093 (0.8019)

1.2180 (0.8338)

0.000***

1 1–6 years

0 never be educated

Whether had a job before 60 years old

1 had a job

0.1915 (0.3935)

0.1834 (0.3871)

0.2465 (0.4315)

0.1830 (0.3869)

0.008**

0 others

Self-evaluation economic level

1 middle, more than middle and very high

0.5310 (0.4991)

0.5433 (0.4983)

0.5349 (0.4994)

0.5060 (0.5002)

0.159

0 lower and poor

Whether have regular exercises

1 yes

0.3781 (0.4850)

0.3828 (0.4862)

0.3605 (0.4807)

0.3770 (0.4849)

0.688

0 no

Whether often drink

2 has not been drinking

1.4400 (0.8458)

1.7326 (0.6418)

1.0930 (0.8906)

1.0390 (0.9383)

0.000***

1 used to drinking but not now

0 has been drinking

Whether have been diagnosed with memory-related disease(yes coded as 1 and no coded as 0)

1 yes

0.0233 (0.1478)

0.0202 (0.1407)

0.0326 (0.1777)

0.0220 (0.1468)

0.293

0 no

Self-evaluation memory

1 excellent, very good, good

0.1444 (0.3515)

0.1478 (0.3550)

0.1512 (0.3586)

0.1350 (0.3419)

0.592

0 general, not good

Daily living abilities

1 good

0.5630 (0.4961)

0.5529 (0.4973)

0.5372 (0.4992)

0.5930 (0.4915)

0.061.

0 general, not good

Cognitive function

1 good

0.3328 (0.4713)

0.3721 (0.4835)

0.2651 (0.4419)

0.2880 (0.4531)

0.000***

0 disabled

Sample size

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3311

1881

430

1000

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  1. Note: 10 % significance level; *5 % significance level; **1 % significance level; ***1 % significance level