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Baseline demographics, expressed as mean ± SD.
| Controls n = 15 |
LOE patients n = 16 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 65.1 ± 3.9 | 67.6 ± 6.5 | 0.5 |
| Gender (% male) | 60 | 56 | 0.6 |
| Number of CVD risk factors | 1 ± 1.1 | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 0.08 |
| Smoking history (pack years) | 2.4 ± 4.5 | 10.4 ± 10.6 | 0.01 |
| Alcohol intake (units per week) | 9.3 ± 9.5 | 5.3 ± 7.0 | 0.1 |
| Number of co-morbidities | 0.7 ± 1.1 | 1.4 ± 1.3 | 0.3 |
| MoCA score | 28.3 ± 2.7 | 27.3 ± 2.0 | 0.4 |
