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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study sample

From: Relationships between blood pressure indicators and fluid biomarkers of brain aging in functionally intact older adults

 

n

%(n) or M(SD)

Sex, % Female

109

55.04% (60)

Race

109

 

 White

 

79.82% (87)

 Black

 

< 1% (1)

 Asian

 

15.60% (17)

 Other

 

4.59% (5)

Age (years)

109

73.2(8.1)

Education (years)

109

17.5(1.9)

Body mass index (BMI)

109

25.4(4.9)

APOE Status

96

 

 E2/E3

 

10.42% (10)

 E2/E4

 

1% (1)

 E3/E3

 

65.6% (63)

 E3/E4

 

21.9% (21)

 E4/E4

 

1% (1)

Hypertension, % recent/active history

101

31.68% (32)

Anti-hypertensive medication, % current use

108

34.26% (37)

Cardiovascular indicators

  

 Systolic blood pressure (BP, mmHg)

109

132.7(16.4)

 Diastolic BP (mmHg)

109

74.0(9.6)

 Pulse pressure (systolic BP-diastolic BP, mmHg)

109

58.7(14.1)

Plasma biomarkers (pg/mL)

  

 Amyloid beta 42/40 ratio (Aβ42/40)

107

0.6(0.01)

 Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)

109

167.9(87.5)

 Neurofilament light chain (NfL)

109

29.6(14.6)

 Tau phosphorylated at threonine-181 (pTau181)

98

3.8(2.1)

  1. Note. n = sample size available for each characteristic. M = mean, SD = standard deviation. *Carriers include individuals who have at least one copy of the ε4 allele