Table 2.

Location of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs): the AGES-Reykjavik Study

Location of CMBs	Frequency (n (%))
Cerebral lobes	313 (70.0)
Frontal	107 (23.9)
Parietal	123 (27.5)
Occipital	25 (5.6)
Temporal	58 (13.0)
External capsule	4 (0.9)
Corpus callosum	0 (0)
Basal ganglia	45 (10.0)
Internal capsule	2 (0.4)
Putamen	8 (1.8)
Globus pallidus	2 (0.4)
Caudate nucleus	0 (0)
Thalamus	35 (7.8)
Infratentorium	83 (18.6)
Cerebellum	70 (15.7)
Medulla oblongata	0 (0)
Pons	13 (2.9)
Mesencephalon	0 (0)

Data are for the 447 CMBs in the 215 persons with 30 or fewer cerebral microbleeds.