Table 3.

Results of laboratory work-up in patients with leukoaraiosis and control group

	LA group	Control group	p-value
Serum glucose	5.6 mmol/l (SD 1.9)	5.1 mmol/l (SD 0.7)	0.23
Total cholesterol	4.8 mmol/l (SD 1.2)	5.2 mmol/l (SD 0.9)	0.10
HDL	1.2 mmol/l (SD 0.3)	1.3 mmol/l (SD 0.3)	0.19
LDL	2.9 mmol/l (SD 1.0)	3.1 mmol/l (SD 0.9)	0.33
TG	1.5 mmol/l (SD 1.2)	2.2 mmol/l (SD 1.5)	0.08
Vitamin B12	256.9 pmol/l (SD 58.8)	291.5 pmol/l (SD 100.1)	0.27
Folic acid	18.1 nmol/l (SD 8.0)	18.1 nmol/l (SD 5.5)	0.99
TSH	1.3 mU/l (SD 0.7)	1.4 mU/l (SD 0.8)	0.73

HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, SD standard deviation, TG triglycerides, TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone