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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jun 30;59(8):1484–1489. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03490.x

Table 2.

Mean Age-Adjusted Cognitive Function Characteristics by White Matter Lesion groups.

Cognitive Function
Characteristics		 White Matter Lesions P Value
Absent
(WML grade 1–2)		 Present
(WML grade 3–9)
Baseline CASI score
(exam 5, 1994–96)		 80.8 ± 9.0 77.6 ± 11.6 0.02
Five-Year follow-up CASI score
(exam 7, 1999–2000)		 73.2 ± 18.1 68.1 ± 19.6 0.04
Five-Year Cognitive Decline (%) 22.4 ± 41.3 34.4 ± 47.9 0.03

Abbreviations: WML=white matter lesions; CASI=cognitive abilities screening instrument.