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 ( 𝑛 = 2 8 )no WMLs ( 𝑛 = 1 6 )WMLs ( 𝑛 = 1 2 )

Age, years63.1 (15.9)56.8 (13.6)71.6 (15.3)#
Women, %39.318.866.7*
Hypertension, %46.233.363.6
Diabetes mellitus, %11.113.38.3
Cerebral infarct, %15.414.316.7
Myocardial infarction, %7.46.78.3
Median ARWMC008
Ventricle-to-brain ratio0.36 (0.06)0.36 (0.06)0.36 (0.05)

Values are unadjusted means (SD) or percentages.
*#Mean or percentage is significantly different from people with no WMLs, 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 and 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1 , respectively.