Clinical Study
White Matter Lesions Are Not Related to β-Amyloid Deposition in an Autopsy-Based Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
| | Total () | no WMLs () | WMLs () |
| Age, years | 63.1 (15.9) | 56.8 (13.6) | 71.6 (15.3)# | Women, % | 39.3 | 18.8 | 66.7* | Hypertension, % | 46.2 | 33.3 | 63.6 | Diabetes mellitus, % | 11.1 | 13.3 | 8.3 | Cerebral infarct, % | 15.4 | 14.3 | 16.7 | Myocardial infarction, % | 7.4 | 6.7 | 8.3 | Median ARWMC | 0 | 0 | 8 | Ventricle-to-brain ratio | 0.36 (0.06) | 0.36 (0.06) | 0.36 (0.05) |
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Values are unadjusted means (SD) or percentages. *#Mean or percentage is significantly different from people with no WMLs, and , respectively.
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