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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurol Transl Neurosci. 2014;2(1):1041.

Table 1.

Patient Demographics for Development and Validation Samples.

Characteristics All Patients N=192 Development Sample N=96 Validation Sample N=96 P Value
Mean age, years (SD) 64 (15) 66 (14) 62 (17) 0.07
Male sex, n (%) 108 (52) 60 (62.5) 48 (50) 0.08
Caucasians, n (%) 139 (72) 72 (75) 67 (70) 0.42
Tobacco use, n (%) 136 (71) 65 (68) 71 (74) 0.39
End stage renal disease, n (%) 16 (8.3) 8 (8.3) 8 (8.3) 1.00
CVA/TIA, n (%) 33 (17) 22 (23) 11 (11.4) 0.03
Diabetes Mellitus, n (%) 70 (36) 36 (37) 34 (35) 0.76
Hypertension, n (%) 138 (72) 70 (73) 68 (71) 0.74
Cancer, n (%) 34 (18) 21 (22) 13 (13.5) 0.13
Peripheral vascular disease, n (%) 24 (12.5) 16 (16.6) 8 (8.3) 0.08
Coronary artery disease, n (%) 78 (41) 42 (44) 36 (37) 0.37
Congestive heart failure, n (%) 68 (35) 33 (34) 35 (36) 0.76
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, n (%) 63 (33) 33 (34) 30 (31) 0.64
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 84 (44) 49 (51) 35 (36) 0.04
Liver Disease, n (%) 13 (6.7) 5 (5.2) 8 (8.3) 0.38

CVA/TIA: Cerebrovascular Accident/Transient Ischemic Attack