Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
| Variables | Population | ||||||
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All (N=30) | Male (n=9) | Female (n=21) | ||||
| Demographic data, mean (SD) | |||||||
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Age (years) | 80.8 (7.6) | 82.1 (7.9) | 80.2 (7.6) | |||
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Height (cm) | 157.0 (7.8) | 164.3 (4.7) | 153.9 (6.8) | |||
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Weight (kg) | 50.4 (8.1) | 53.1 (7.9) | 49.2 (8.0) | |||
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BMI (kg/m2) | 20.4 (2.9) | 19.7 (3.1) | 20.8 (2.9) | |||
| Laboratory data, mean (SD) | |||||||
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White blood cell (×103/μL) | 9.0 (4.0) | 10.1 (4.4) | 8.6 (3.9) | |||
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Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 9.9 (1.7) | 10.1 (2.1) | 9.8 (1.6) | |||
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Platelet (×103/μL) | 188.9 (93.7) | 171.1 (111.8) | 196.6 (86.8) | |||
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Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 20.0 (9.6) | 18.1 (7.2) | 20.8 (10.5) | |||
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Creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.9 (0.5) | 1.0 (0.5) | 0.9 (0.5) | |||
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Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 119.1 (38.7) | 110 (48.6) | 123.0 (34.2) | |||
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Protein (g/dL) | 5.9 (1.0) | 6.0 (1.3) | 5.9 (0.8) | |||
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Albumin (g/dL) | 2.9 (0.6) | 2.7 (0.7) | 3.0 (0.6) | |||
| Previous medical history, n (%) | |||||||
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Hypertension | 23 (77) | 6 (67) | 17 (81) | |||
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Diabetes | 17 (57) | 6 (67) | 11 (52) | |||
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History of stroke | 10 (33) | 3 (33) | 7 (33) | |||
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Dementia | 6 (20) | 2 (22) | 4 (19) | |||
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Parkinsonism | 2 (7) | 1 (11) | 1 (5) | |||
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Malignancy | 11 (37) | 4 (44) | 7 (33) | |||