Research Article
Striatal Hypodensities, Not White Matter Hypodensities on CT, Are Associated with Late-Onset Depression in Alzheimer's Disease
Table 1
Sample demographics and covariates for all dementia and alzheimer’s disease only.
| | All dementia | Alzheimer’s disease | 182 | 127 |
| Age at CT scan (SD) | 80.6 (6.7) | 80.8 (6.9) | Duration of dementia (SD) | 5.2 (4.2) | 5.1 (4.2) | Female, (%) | 116 (63.7) | 86 (67.7) | Education, years (SD) | 7.4 (2.4) | 7.5 (2.6) | Monozygotic, (%) | 51 (28.0) | 40 (31.5) | Hypertension, (%) | 153 (84.1) | 104 (81.9) | Diabetes, (%) | 43 (23.6) | 24 (18.9) | Arrhythmia, (%) | 36 (19.8) | 25 (19.7) | PAD, (%) | 4 (2.2) | 2 (1.6) | CAD, (%) | 59 (32.4) | 38 (30.0) | TIA, (%) | 14 (7.7) | 6 (4.7) | Any CVD, (%) | 166 (91.2) | 113 (89.0) |
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PAD: peripheral artery disease; CAD: coronary artery disease; TIA: transient ischemic attack; CVD: cerebrovascular disease.
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