Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants by infarcts overall and sex

Characteristics	No prevalent & no incident		One or more prevalent & no incident		No prevalent & one or more incident		One or more prevalent & one or more incident
	Men n=567	Women n=990	Men n=220	Women n=290	Men n=113	Women n=139	Men n=170	Women n=123
Age, mean±SD	74.1±4.4	74.0±4.7	74.8±4.6	75.3±5.0	75.0±4.4	75.5±5.4	76.4±4.9	76.1±4.7
BMI, mean±SD	26.8±3.6	27.6±4.6	27.2±3.5	27.3±4.2	26.6±3.3	27.5±4.3	26.8±3.5	27.7±4.3
Hypertension %	74.4	75.6	80.5	83.5	75.2	80.6	81.8	82.9
Diabetes %	9.7	6.7	16.9	8.3	9.7	8.6	15.9	8.9
Smoking status %
Never	28.9	52.6	25.5	51.7	32.7	53.6	32.4	57.7
Former	60.9	32.5	61.8	38.3	59.3	32.6	58.2	32.5
Current	10.2	15.0	12.7	10.0	8.0	13.8	9.4	9.8
Total cholesterol (mmol/L), mean±SD	5.3±1.1	6.0±1.1	5.0±1.0	5.9±1.1	5.4±1.1	5.9±1.2	5.1±1.0	6.0±1.0
Atrial Fibrillation %	6.6	2.4	12.3	4.2	7.2	2.9	13.6	1.6
Coronary calcium, mean±SD	735±919	294±568	1061±1291	442±758	877±1112	416±607	1057±1168	521±743
Education level %
Primary	14.1	25.0	12.8	23.8	10.8	23.2	11.2	29.5
Secondary	51.1	51.6	58.0	51.0	67.6	50.0	51.2	43.4
College	14.3	17.3	12.3	19.7	10.8	15.2	12.9	21.3
University	20.4	6.2	16.9	5.5	10.8	11.6	24.7	5.7
Cognition Z-score, mean±SD
Memory	−0.12±0.82	0.28±0.89	−0.21±0.86	0.26±0.84	−0.29±0.77	0.18±1.0	−0.44±0.76	0.03±0.82
Executive function	0.08±0.80	0.09±0.75	0.01±0.75	0.05±0.78	0.06±0.75	0.03±0.70	−0.25±0.78	−0.04±0.79
Processing Speed	0.03±0.70	0.16±0.77	−0.02±0.74	0.16±0.73	−0.09±0.73	0.08±0.70	−0.20±0.79	−0.07±0.75
Relative Brain Volume %	72.2±3.4	74.3±3.6	71.1±3.2	73.3±3.4	71.7±3.3	73.8±3.5	70.9±3.6	73.1±3.2
Relative WMH Volume %	0.94±0.84	0.97±1.04	1.34±1.26	1.27±1.17	1.11±1.10	1.43±1.51	1.65±1.33	1.70±1.65
Cerebral microbleeds %	25.2	13.1	44.7	23.4	22.8	14.9	31.8	19.4

Abbreviations: SD=Standard deviation, ml=milliliters, BMI=Body Mass Index, BP=Blood pressure, mmHg=millimeter of Mercury, WMH=White Matter Hyperintensity.