Table 2.

Associations of demographical variables and cardiovascular risk factors with cerebral blood flow

Characteristics	Total (n = 172)	P value
Age (per 10 years)∗	−2.1	.004
Sex† (female)	0.23	.003
Hypertension‡	0.03	.71
Hypercholesterolemia‡	−0.01	.93
Diabetes mellitus‡	0.09	.23
Smoking‡	−0.06	.41
WMH‡,§	−0.10	.18
Microbleeds‡	−0.21	.10
Lacunes‡	0.00	1.0
MTA‡,‖	−0.05	.52

Abbreviations: MTA, medial temporal lobe atrophy; WMH = white matter hyperintensity.

NOTE. Numbers are standardized β's (mL/100 g/min).

^∗Adjusted for sex.

^†Adjusted for age.

^‡Adjusted for age and sex.

^§Dichotomized into low (0–1) and high (2–3).

^‖Dichotomized into low (≤1.5) or high (≥1.5).