Table 4.

Patient Demographic Characteristics, by Digital Cognitive Assessment Result

Unimpaired (n = 762)Borderline (n = 628)Impaired (n = 236)Inconclusivea (n = 96)P value
Age, y, mean (SD)72.1 (5.0)74.2 (6.2)76.2 (7.2)73.2 (6.3)<.001
Sex, No. (%).064
    Female456 (59.8)367 (58.4)121 (51.3)51 (53.1)
    Male306 (40.2)261 (41.6)115 (48.7)45 (46.9)
Race, No. (%)<.001
    Asian2 (0.3)10 (1.6)8 (3.4)3 (3.1)
    Black or African American79 (10.4)142 (22.6)88 (37.3)27 (28.1)
    White678 (89.0)473 (75.3)139 (58.9)65 (67.7)
    Other reported0 (0)3 (0.5)1 (0.4)1 (1.0)
Ethnicity, No. (%).001
    Hispanic11 (1.4)25 (4.0)14 (5.9)1 (1.0)
    Non-Hispanic746 (97.9)601 (95.7)222 (94.1)94 (97.9)
Years of education, mean (SD)15.1 (2.4)14.1 (2.7)12.8 (3.1)13.5 (2.5)<.001
Area Deprivation Index, median (25%, 75%)43 (28, 63)55 (33, 81)63 (43, 87)52 (28, 88)<.001
Charlson Comorbidity Index, median (25%, 75%)1 (0, 1)1 (0, 2)1 (0, 3)1 (0, 2)<.001
Comorbidities, No. (%)
    Hypertension544 (71.4)520 (82.8)197 (83.5)84 (87.5)<.001
    Hyperlipidemia434 (57.0)356 (56.7)127 (53.8)52 (54.2).685
    Chronic kidney disease107 (14.0)128 (20.4)59 (25.0)20 (20.8)<.001
    Diabetes220 (28.9)221 (35.2)94 (39.8)36 (37.5).002
    Congestive heart failure47 (6.2)75 (11.9)30 (12.7)11 (11.5)<.001
    COPD119 (15.6)120 (19.1)42 (17.8)20 (20.8).225
    Obstructive sleep apnea110 (14.4)74 (11.8)26 (11.0)14 (14.6).219
    Obesity186 (24.4)113 (18.0)54 (22.9)21 (21.9).014
    Cancer63 (8.3)61 (9.7)23 (9.7)11 (11.5).594
Tobacco use, No. (%) (some with missing values).004
    Current38 (6.7)52 (11.3)19 (10.9)4 (6.4)
    Former124 (22.0)127 (27.7)49 (28.2)12 (19.0)
    Never402 (71.3)280 (61.0)106 (60.9)47 (74.6)
  • COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DCA = digital cognitive assessment.

  • a Patients categorized as inconclusive if they completed a DCA that could not be scored and determined by Linus Health as an inconclusive result, and were not included in the statistical analysis.