Memory-related subjective cognitive symptoms in the adult population: prevalence and associated factors – results of the LIFE-Adult-Study

Table 1 Prevalence rates of memory-related SCS (n = 8834)

	Prevalence^a		df	χ ²	p value
	%	95%-CI	df	χ ²	p value
Memory-related SCS total	53.0	51.9–54.0
Men	53.4	51.9–54.9	1	0.577	0.448
Women	52.6	51.1–54.0	1	0.577	0.448
Age group 40–49 years	54.3	52.4–56.2	3	3.722	0.293
Age group 50–59 years	51.7	49.7–53.7
Age group 60–69 years	52.3	50.1–54.6
Age group 70–79 years	53.3	51.1–55.4
Without university degree	52.9	51.7–54.2	1	0.016	0.900
With university degree	53.1	51.2–54.9	1	0.016	0.900
Low SES	52.1	49.7–54.4	2	3.369	0.186
Medium SES	53.7	52.4–55.1
High SES	51.5	49.2–53.8
Memory-related SCS without concerns	26.0	25.1–27.0
Memory-related SCS with some concerns	23.6	22.7–24.5
Memory-related SCS with strong concerns	3.3	2.9–3.7

^aFor calculation of the prevalence rates, weights were used which corrected for sample deviations in distribution from the adult population structure of the city of Leipzig in 2012 with regard to age and sex
CI confidence interval, df degree of freedom, SES socio-economic status, SCS subjective cognitive symptoms

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