Table 1.

Demographic information and past medical history.

	No ND N=238	ND N=128	P value
Age, median years (range)	62 (19-97)	69 (28-96)	<0.0001
Gender, No. female (%)	100 (42.0%)	54 (42.2%)	0.9748
Race, No. (%)			0.4478
White	73 (30.9%)	38 (29.7%)
Black	151 (64.0%)	88 (68.8%)
Hispanic	7 (3.0%)	2 (1.5%)
Other	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)
Past Medical History, No. (%)
Stroke	92 (38.7%)	55 (43.0%)	0.4221
Coronary Artery Disease	39 (16.4%)	33 (26.0%)	0.0282
Atrial Fibrillation	22 (9.4%)	16 (12.8%)	0.3121
Diabetes Mellitus	74 (31.2%)	46 (36.5%)	0.3083
Hypertension	179 (75.5%)	99 (79.2%)	0.4313
Dyslipidemia	107 (45.5%)	51 (40.8%)	0.3891
Cancer (prior or active)	21 (8.8%)	14 (10.9%)	0.5119
Active Smoker	74 (31.5%)	29 (23.6%)	0.1163
Smoker in last year	79 (33.8%)	31 (25.4%)	0.1056

Abbreviations: ND, neurological deterioration.