Table 1.

Demographics and Clinical Summary

Group	SIVD	AD	Control
N	8	14	18
Age (years)	77 ± 8	74 ± 5	73 ± 8
Women/Men	2/6	6/8	8/10
Years Education	13.7 ± 3.7	15.1 ± 3.4	15.4 ± 3.8
MMSE*	26.4 ± 2.8	23.0 ± 5.9	29.5 ± 0.5
CDR$	0.7 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.6	0
WML volumes (%)#	1.9 ± 1.1	0.4 ± 0.2	0.5 ± 0.5

^*Minimental State Examination score;

^$Clinical Dementia Rating score;

^#White matter lesion volumes in percentage of total intracranial volume;

Significance of differences between groups; more results in the main text.

Age: F(2,37) = 1.36; p = 0.3

Years of Education: F(2,37) = 0.51; p = 0.6

MMSE: F(2,37) = 7.29; p = 0.001

CDR: SIVD versus AD: p = 0.31

WML: F(2,37) = 14.28; p < 0.001;