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Table 1 Basic information

From: Comparison of neuropsychiatric symptoms and diffusion tensor imaging correlates among patients with subcortical ischemic vascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease

 

SIVD (n = 24)

AD (n = 32)

T-test

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

p

Age(years)

71.71

12.01

73.59

8.00

−0.67

0.509

Education(years)

5.96

3.69

5.00

3.71

0.96

0.342

Fazekas scale

4.67

1.09

2.13

1.24

8.00

< 0.001***

Hachinski score

7.63

2.92

1.09

0.86

10.63

< 0.001***

Mini-Mental State Examination

19.08

5.04

21.03

4.67

−1.49

0.141

Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument

61.04

14.78

67.19

15.20

−1.52

0.136

CDR sum-of –box

4.48

3.86

3.53

2.58

1.04

0.304

    

Chi-square

n

% of presence

n

% of presence

x 2

p

Gender (Male/Female)

13/11

54.2/45.8

15/17

46.9/53.1

0.29

0.589

Global CDR

    

1.82

0.402

 CDR = 0.5

14

58.3

21

65.6

  

 CDR = 1

7

29.2

10

31.3

  

 CDR = 2

3

12.5

1

3.1

  

System disease

 Hypertension

13

54.2

12

37.5

1.54

0.214

 Diabetes mellitus

12

50.0

5

15.6

7.67

0.006**

 Chronic kidney disease

7

29.2

4

12.5

2.41

0.120

 Coronal artery disease

11

45.8

2

6.3

12.06

0.001**

Medication

 Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

0

0.0

17

53.1

18.31

< 0.001***

 Antidepressants

4

16.7

5

15.6

0.01

0.916

 Antipsychotics

0

0.0

1

3.1

0.76

0.382

 Benzodiazepines

0

0.0

4

12.5

3.23

0.072

  1. Abbreviation: SIVD subcortical ischemic vascular disease, AD Alzheimer’s disease, CDR Clinical Dementia Rating, SD Standard deviation
  2. **p < 0.01
  3. ***p < 0.001 on comparisons between SIVD and AD