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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2011 Sep 1;42(11):3183–3189. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.623462

Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics and Cerebrovascular Disease Pathology of the Cohort

Variable Mean (SD) or N (%)
 Age at Death (years) 88.5 (5.38)
 Sex (female) 256 (61.2%)
 White, non-Hispanic (N, %) 403 (96.3%)
 Education (years) 13.9 (3.14)
 Last MMSE (max 30) 22.7 (8.86)
 Dementia (N, %) 188 (45%)
 Depressive Symptoms (max 10) 1.6 (1.91)
Global Parkinsonian sign score (max 100) 18.6 (14.77)
 Parkinsonian gait (max 100) 41.5 (23.49)
 Rigidity (max 100) 11.7 (21.10)
 Bradykinesia (max 100) 21.4 (20.37)
 Tremor (max 100) 5.2 (11.67)
Summary of Self-Report Medical Conditions 1.7 (1.2)
 Cancer 180 (43.1%)
 Hypertension 159 (38.3%)
 Stroke 108 (25.8%)
 Myocardial Infarction 102 (24.4%)
 Thyroid 86 (20.6%)
 Diabetes 39 ( 9.4%)
 Head Injury 31 ( 7.4%)
Cerebrovascular Pathologies
Macroscopic Infarcts N=150 (35.9%)
 Location- Cortical
     Subcortical
48 (11.5%)
124 (29.7%)
 Number per case– N (%) 1–78(18.7%); 2–37(8.9%); 3–18(4.3%); 4–10(2.4%); ≥5– 7 (1.7%)
Microscopic Infarcts N=125 (29.9%)
 Location - Cortical
     Subcortical
53 (12.7%)
79 (18.9%)
 Number per case – N (%) 1–77 (18.4%); 2–30 (7.2%); 3–13(3.1%); 4–4(1.9%); ≥5–1 (0.2%);
Arteriolosclerosis
 None, Possible or Minimal
 Mild
 Moderate
 Severe
245 (58.7%)
117 (28.0%)
43 (10.3%)
13 ( 3.1%)