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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Association between changes in brain microstructure and cognition in older subjects at increased risk for vascular disease

Continuous variables

Values

Subjects, n

193

Age in years

77.6 (3.2)

Education, age at leaving school

15.2 (2.8)

Body mass index in kg/m2

26.8 (3.5)

Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg

158.4 (22.3)

Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg

83.6 (10.0)

Fasting glucose, mmol/L

5.9 (1.7)

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

5.0 (1.1)

High density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L

1.3 (0.4)

Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.4 (0.7)

Baseline mini mental state examination score, points

28.4 (2.1)

Baseline stroop test score, seconds

56.6 (23.4)

Immediate picture-word learning test score, words

10.1 (2.1)

Delayed picture-word learning test, words

10.9 (3.0)

Letter-digit coding test score, digits/min

26.0 (7.0)

MRI features

 

Grey matter in mL

465.6 (59.1)

White matter in mL

609.3 (70.2)

Brain atrophy, percentage

26.1 (3.2)

White matter hyperintensity volume in mL

5.1 (9.5)

Categorical variables

 

Male, n (%)

105 (54)

Current smoking, n (%)

28 (15)

History of diabetes mellitus, n (%)

41 (21)

History of transient ischemic attack or stroke, n (%)

29 (18)

 Ischemic cortical infarction, n (%)

7 (4)

 Lacunar infarction, n (%)

9 (5)

History of myocardial infarction, n (%)

28 (15)

Use of anticholinergics, n (%)

10 (5)

Use of antiepileptics, n (%)

0 (0)

Use of antipsychotics, n (%)

0 (0)

Use of benzodiazepines, n (%)

10 (5)

  1. Values are means (standard deviation) unless stated otherwise