Table 1.
Demographics and disease variables for groups of control and VaD patients.
| Demographics | Control | VaD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 10 | 10 | |
| Age at death (mean yrs ± SD)a | 80.3 ± 8.9 | 84.0 ± 8.5 | |
| Sex (male/female) | 2 M/8 F | 7 M/3 F | |
| Duration of illness (yrs) | na | 3.8 ± 3.5 | |
| Post-mortem interval (median ± IQR)a | 24.5 ± 24.0 | 36.5 ± 41.0 | |
| Disease variables | |||
| Pre-death MMSE (median ± SD/N) | na | 14.3 ± 3.7(6) | |
| Braak staging (N) | 0–II | 5 | 9 |
| III–IV | 3 | 0 | |
| V–VI | 0 | 0 | |
| NA* | 2 | 1 | |
SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range. na, not applicable; *NA, Not available.
a
The groups were not significantly different in terms of Age (independent sample t-test, p-value > 0.05) or post-mortem interval (Mann–Whitney U test, p-value > 0.05).