Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics.

	719Arg carriers	719Arg noncarriers	P value
N	106	69	—
Males/females (n)	54/52	39/30	0.47
ApoE ε4 carrier/noncarrier (n)	59/47	40/29	0.76
Statin use/no statin use (n)	59/47	46/23	0.15
Age	77.18 ± 8.58	79.06 ± 7.58	0.13
tHcy (μmol/L)†	13.64 ± 4.59	15.12 ± 4.42	—
CRP (mg/L)†	4.32 ± 8.49	3.46 ± 8.60	—
tHcy (μmol/L)‡	12.94 (12.16, 13.77)*	14.49 (13.46, 15.56)*	0.02
CRP (mg/L)‡	1.47 (1.11, 1.96)*	1.21 (0.90, 1.63)*	0.37

Mean ± standard deviation.

^†Raw scores.

^‡Log transformed scores.

*Geometric mean (95% confidence interval).