Striatal Hypodensities, Not White Matter Hypodensities on CT, Are Associated with Late-Onset Depression in Alzheimer's Disease

Table 2

Sample demographics by depression group.


	No Depression	LOD	P value*
	132	36

Age at CT scan (SD)	81.1 (6.1)	81.0 (7.0)	n.s.
Age at dementia onset (SD)	75.9 (6.9)	76.9 (6.7)	n.s.
Dementia duration, years (SD)	5.2 (4.2)	4.2 (3.5)	n.s.
% Female	63.6	63.9	n.s.
Education, years (SD)	7.5 (2.4)	7.4 (2.8)	n.s.
Monozygotic, (%)	33 (25.0)	15 (41.7)	0.05
Hypertension, (%)	113 (85.6)	30 (83.3)	n.s.
Diabetes, (%)	32 (24.2)	6 (16.7)	n.s.
Arrhythmia, (%)	25 (18.9)	8 (22.2)	n.s.
PAD, (%)	3 (2.3)	1 (2.8)	n.s.
CAD, (%)	41 (31.1)	16 (44.4)	0.13
TIA, (%)	14 (10.7)	0 (0.0)	0.04

Associations significant at are bolded.
LOD: late-onset depression; PAD: peripheral artery disease; CAD: coronary artery disease; TIA: transient ischemic attack.
*Group comparisons by ANOVA for continuous variables and by chi-square for categorical variables.

Journal of Aging Research

Striatal Hypodensities, Not White Matter Hypodensities on CT, Are Associated with Late-Onset Depression in Alzheimer's Disease

Table 2