Cerebral White Matter and Retinal Arterial Health in Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
Demographic and endocrine data: hypertensive versus normotensive.
Hypertensive
Normotensive
Cohen’s
()
()
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Age (years)
0.07
0.48
Gendera
14 F/19 M
15 F/14 M
0.46
Ethnicitya (white/black/hispanic/others)
22/7/2/2
20/6/1/2
0.97
Diabetes (%)a
66.7%
27.6%
<0.01
BMI (kg/m2)
<0.01
0.75
Systolic BP (mmHg)
0.01
0.64
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
0.40
0.21
HbA1C (%)
0.01
0.66
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)
0.01
0.71
HDL (mmol/L)
0.91
0.03
Triglycerides (mmol/L)
0.13
0.40
PWMH ratinga,b
15/13/5
23/6/0
0.01
DWMH ratinga,b
15/13/5
20/8/1
0.12
Data is provided in means ± standard deviations unless otherwise specified.
aChi-square test of independence for nominal data and data in percentage.
bData represent number of individuals for WMH ratings of 0, 1, and 2, respectively.