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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2018 Aug;49(8):1913–1919. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.021137

Table 2.

Comparison of characteristics between CAA and non-CAA cases (hospital-based pathology cohort) and between HCHWA-D mutation carriers and non-carriers (Dutch cohort).

Sporadic CAA cohort (n=63) CAA+ cases CAA− cases p value

Age by MRI, mean ± SD 73.1 ± 8.2 74.9 ± 9.3 0.46
Female sex, n(%) 22(47.9) 7(41.2) 0.78
Hypertension, n(%) 30(65.2) 11(64.7) 0.99
High burden basal ganglia PVS, n(%) 5(10.9) 10(58.8) 0.0002
WMH volume in cc, median[IQR] 26.3[11.6 – 44.8] 26.5[5.6 – 58.9] 0.84
Presence of any lobar hemorrhage, n(%) 38(82.6) 7(41.2) 0.003
CSO-PVS relative volume, median % [IQR] 3.7[2.5 – 5.3] 1.8[1.2 – 2.4] <0.0001

Dutch cohort (n=54) Mutation carriers Non-carriers p value

Age by MRI, mean ± SD 45.8 ± 13.9 47.5 ± 11.8 0.55
Female sex, n(%) 16(61.5) 17(60.7) 0.99
Hypertension, n(%) 6(23) 6(21.4) 0.99
High burden basal ganglia PVS, n(%) 2(7.7) 2(7.1) 0.99
WMH volume in cc, median[IQR] 38.8[1.5 – 117.9] 0.6[0.2 – 2.3] 0.0007
Presence of any lobar hemorrhage, n(%) 17(65.4) 2(7.1) <0.0001
CSO-PVS relative volume, median% [IQR] 3.8[0.6 – 6.2] 0.7[0.4 – 1.6] 0.007