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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2022 Apr 27;92(1):23–31. doi: 10.1002/ana.26364

Table 1:

Sample characteristics overall and stratified by ePVS burden

Centrum Semiovale (CSO) Basal Ganglia (BG) CSO-BG Mixed Scorea
Overall N=3,564 Grade I-II N=2,933 Grade III-IV N=630 Grade I-II N=3,216 Grade III-IV N=348 None N=2,809 One N=530 Both N=224
Clinical Characteristics
Male, n (%) 1644 (43) 1376 (47) 267 (42) 1497 (47) 147 (42) 1322 (47) 228 (43) 93 (42)
Age at exam closest to baseline MRI, yrs, mean [SD] 59.1 (14.8) 55.8 (14) 72.2 (10.9) 56.9 (14.2) 75.4 (9.8) 55.1 (13.6) 70.7 (10.8) 76.5 (9.5)
Age at MRI, yrs, mean [SD] 61.1 (14.5) 57.9 (13.8) 73.9 (10.6) 59.0 (14) 77.1 (9.4) 57.1 (13.4) 72.4 (10.5) 78.2 (9.1)
APOE ε4+, n (%) 836 (23) 663 (23) 173 (27) 752 (23) 84 (24) 639 (23) 137 (26) 60 (27)
APOE genotypes, n (%)
 ε2/ε2 19 (1) 17 (1) 2 (0) 18 (1) 1 (0) 17 (1) 1 (0) 1 (0)
 ε2/ε3 442 (12) 383 (13) 79 (12) 415 (12) 47 (13) 363 (12) 72 (13) 27 (11)
 ε2/ε4 75 (2) 57 (2) 20 (3) 74 (2) 3 (1) 55 (2) 21 (4) 1 (0)
 ε3/ε3 2267 (64) 1968 (64) 413 (61) 2148 (64) 233 (63) 1880 (64) 356 (62) 145 (62)
 ε3/ε4 699 (20) 583 (19) 146 (22) 654 (19) 75 (20) 562 (19) 113 (20) 54 (23)
 ε4/ε4 62 (2) 48 (2) 14 (2) 54 (2) 8 (2) 47 (2) 8 (1) 7 (3)
FHS cohort, n (%)
 Original 177 (5) 72 (2) 105 (17) 108 (3) 69 (20) 59 (2) 62 (12) 56 (25)
 Offspring 1482 (42) 1049 (36) 432 (69) 1243 (39) 239 (69) 958 (34) 375 (71) 148 (66)
 NOS/Third Gen 1775 (50) 1700 (58) 75 (12) 1748 (54) 27 (8) 1690 (60) 68 (13) 17 (8)
 OMNI 1 130 (4) 112 (4) 18 (3) 117 (4) 13 (4) 102 (4) 25 (5) 3 (1)
Time between exam and MRI, yrs, mean (SD) 2.0 (1.1) 2.1 (1.0) 1.7 (1.1) 2.0 (1.1) 1.6 (1.1) 2.1 (1.0) 1.7 (1.1) 1.6 (1.2)
Vascular risk factors
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg, mean [SD] 123.0 (17.3) 120.9 (16.3) 131.2 (18.8) 121.4 (16.5) 135.2 (18.9) 120.4 (16.0) 129.6 (18.8) 136.2 (18.5)
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg, mean [SD] 73.1 (9.8) 73.5 (9.6) 71.1 (10.3) 73.2 (9.6) 73 (9.9) 73.6 (9.5) 71.4 (10.3) 70.9 (10.7)
Hypertensionb, n (%) 1486 (42) 1063 (36) 423 (67) 1223 (38) 263 (76) 975 (35) 336 (64) 175 (78)
Current smokers, n (%) 272 (8) 226 (8) 46 (7) 256 (8) 16 (5) 221 (8) 40 (8) 11 (5)
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 372 (11) 272 (9) 100 (17) 324 (10) 48 (15) 254 (9) 88 (18) 30 (15)
Antihypertensive use, n (%) 1219 (34) 867 (30) 352 (57) 994 (31) 225 (65) 789 (28) 283 (54) 147 (66)
Cerebral Microbleeds
Any CMB N=2,046 100 (5) 78 (4) 22 (10) 85 (4) 15 (17) 76 (4) 11 (7) 13 (20)
Any Lobar N=2,032 86 (4) 68 (4) 18 (9) 73 (4) 13 (15) 66 (4) 9 (6) 11 (17)
Any Deep N=1971 25 (1) 15 (1) 10 (5) 20 (1) 5 (6) 15 (1) 5 (3) 5 (9)
Deep and Lobar N=1957 11 (1) 5 (0) 6 (3) 8 (0) 3 (4) 5 (0) 3 (2) 3 (5)
Deep or Mixed N=1971 25 (1) 15 (1) 10 (5) 20 (1) 5 (6) 15 (1) 5 (3) 5 (9)
a

Number of CSO-BG regions with high ePVS burden (0=none, 1=one region, or 2=both regions); high burden is defined as grade III or IV ePVS

b

Hypertension is defined as SBP ≥140 mmHg or DBP ≥90 mmHg and/or use of antihypertensive medication