Table 1.
Characteristics | Values (n=406) |
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Demographics | |
Age, y, mean (SD) | 74.8 (9.6) |
Men, No. (%) | 228 (56.2) |
Education (range), y | 4.0 (0–30) |
Clinical characteristics | |
Diabetes mellitus, No. (%) | 160 (39.4) |
Hyperlipidimia, No. (%) | 248 (61.1.) |
Smoking, No. (%) | 167 (41.1) |
Alcohol, No. (%) | 49 (12.1) |
AF or CHF | 70 (17.2) |
Systolic BP, mean (SD) | 153.6 (22.7) |
Diastolic BP, mean (SD) | 81.9 (12.4) |
PP, mean (SD) | 71.6 (20.8) |
Global CDR, 0/0.5/1/2/3a | 169/141/28/24/16 |
Total MMSE, mean (SD)b | 21.9 (6.8) |
Admission NIHSS, mean (SD) | 5.24 (5.31) |
Antihypertensive therapy, No. (%) | 116 (28.6) |
MRI findings | |
VBR, mean (SD) | 0.33 (0.05) |
Lacunes, No. (%) | 317 (78.1) |
MTLA, 0/1/2/3/4 | 72/136/97/65/36 |
Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; BP, blood pressure; CDR, clinical dementia rating scale; CHF, congestive heart failure; MMSE, mini‐mental state examination; MTLA, medial temporal lobe atrophy; SD, standard deviation; VBR, ventricular brain ratio. an=378 for global CDR; bn=404 for total MMSE due to unavailable cognitive assessments.