Table 5 Comparison of cognitive function between patients without and with dementia.

	Without dementia, n = 30	With dementia, n = 12	p
Number of strokes,	1 (0–4)	2 (0–4)	0.30
median (range)
Age at first ischaemic	46 (31–62)	50 (28–67)	0.81
event, median (range)
Reasoning	7 (27%)	9 (75%)	0.012*
Attention	19 (66%)	11 (92%)	0.13
Memory
Verbal episodic memory	9 (45%)	6 (86%)	0.091
Total (non‐verbal and/or	18 (69%)	10 (91%)	0.23
verbal and/or
semantic memory)
Visuospatial ability	6 (23%)	7 (58%)	0.064
Executive functions	25 (89%)	11 (100%)	0.55

*p<0.05.