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Table 1 Description of the study sample – sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

From: Neuropsychiatric symptoms and lifelong mental activities in cerebral amyloid angiopathy – a cross-sectional study

 

Overall (n = 87)

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (n = 69)

NC (n = 18)

p-value (p < 0.05) group analysis

p-value subgroup analysis*

Age, y

72.68 (7.36)

72.99 (7.80)

71.50 (5.34)

0.372

 

Male, n (%)

46 (52.9)

38 (55.10)

8 (44.40)

0.421

 

Years of education

13 (8–23)

12.5 (8–23)

15.5 (12–19)

0.010

 

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

23 (26.4)

19 (27.50)

4 (22.20)

0.770

 

Arterial hypertension, n (%)

73 (83.9)

63 (91.30)

10 (55.60)

0.001

 

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

44 (50.6)

37 (53.60)

7 (38.90)

0.265

 

Smoking, n (%)

n = 84

24 (28.57)

n = 66

20 (30.30)

n = 18

4 (22.20)

0.501

 

APOE status

APOEε3ε3

APOEε3ε2 or APOEε2ε2

APOEε3ε4 or APOEε4ε4

APOEε2ε4

n = 79

37 (46.83)

10 (12.65)

30 (37.97)

3 (3.79)

n = 61

27 (44.26)

7 (11.47)

26 (42.62)

1 (1.63)

n = 18

10 (55.6)

2 (11.10)

4 (22.20)

2 (11.10)

0.143

p < 0.00625

0.398

0.965

0.117

0.064

Cognitive status

Cognitively normal, n (%)

Mild cognitive impairment, n (%)

Mild dementia, n (%)

Severe dementia, n (%)

n = 85

43 (50.58)

30 (35.29)

12 (14.11)

0 (0)

n = 67

25 (37.31)

30 (44.77)

12 (17.91)

0 (0)

n = 18

18 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

< 0.001

p < 0.0083

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.052

  1. Note: Values are mean (standard deviation) or median (range) unless otherwise noted. Significant p-values are marked bold. p-values are based on chi-square or Fisher’s exact test (if any cell number was < 5) for categorical variables, and the Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables. *p-value subgroup analysis is based on post-hoc chi-square testing for multiple comparisons. n: number. y: years. NC: Cognitively normal control. APOE: Apolipoprotein E