Table 2 Pearson's correlations between the 24S-OH-Chol/TC ratio and other variables in the whole sample (160 individuals).

Age

0.11

0.18

Barthel index

-0.06

0.70

Serum Albumin

-0.20

0.03

Serum Creatinine

0.04

0.96

Hs.CRP

0.33

0.001

MMSE

-0.07

0.69

Rey test (short)

-0.14

0.17

Rey test (long)

-0.15

0.14

Token test

-0.06

0.71

Verbal fluency (letter)

-0.02

0.79

Verbal fluency (category)

-0.11

0.27

Babcock (immediate)

-0.29

0.01

Babcock (delayed)

-0.22

0.03

FAB

0.26

0.04

Trail making A

0.18

0.31

Trail making B

0.03

0.89

CT SCAN IMAGING

- Atrophy

0.17

0.05

- Cortical infarction

-0.04

0.70

- Single lacune

0.01

0.84

- Multiple lacunes

-0.16

0.06