Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Total EAS N=538 |
EAS with TCD and GAIT N=200 |
EAS without TCD and GAIT N=338 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y, mean (SD) | 80.8(6.1) | 79.5(5.7) | 81.5(6.1) | <0.001 |
| Sex, Women, n (%) | 352(65.4) | 108(54) | 244(72.2) | <0.001 |
| Race, White, n (%) | 302(56.1) | 119(59.5) | 183(54.1) | 0.459 |
| Education, y, mean (SD) | 14.6(3.3) | 14.8(3.4) | 14.5(3.2) | 0.206 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 372(69.1) | 136(68.0) | 236(69.8) | 0.658 |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 116(21.6) | 38(19.0) | 78(23.1) | 0.266 |
| Stroke, n (%) | 26(4.8) | 6(3.0) | 20(5.9) | 0.127 |
| Heart disease1, n (%) | 75(13.9) | 28(14.0) | 47(13.9) | 0.976 |
| Arthritis2, n (%) | 372(69.1) | 132(66.0) | 240(71.0) | 0.224 |
1
Includes participants with history of any of myocardial infarction, heart failure, or coronary artery disease,
2
history of osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis