Table 2. Demographic characteristics of the participants.

	Ac+A	Ac	Ch+A	HC
Number of participants	28	25	16	14
Age (years)	63.5 ± 17.3	59.6 ± 18.1	60.4 ± 14.8	53.1 ± 15.1
Sex (M/F)	14/14	11/14	12/4	8/6
Handedness (R/L)	25/2; 1 ambi	23/2	14/2	10/4
Education (years)	12.8 ± 2.8	13.2 ± 2.4	15.1 ± 2.5	17.1 ± 1.9
Race	27 W; 1 AA	22 W; 3 AA	13 W; 1 AA; 1 AIAN; 1 >1	12 W; 1 AA; 1 >1
Days post stroke	3.6 ± 1.5	2.6 ± 1.7	1955 ± 1220	N/A
Evaluation duration (minutes)	18.9 ± 7.3	11.6 ± 3.0	16.7 ± 6.0	Not timed

Ac+A = acute stroke patients with aphasia; Ac = acute stroke patients without aphasia; Ch+A = chronic stroke patients with aphasia; HC = healthy control participants; W = White; AA = African American; AIAN = American Indian or Alaska Native; >1 = More than once race