Table 1 Characteristics stratified by Evans index and DESH.

From: The association of disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid space hydrocephalus with cognitive deficit in a general population: the Ohasama study

 

Evans Index

DESH

Total

 > 0.3

 <  = 0.3

p value

Presence

Absence

p value

Number (%)

92(6.6%)

1292(93.4%)

 

9(0.65%)

1375(99.35%)

 

1384

Age

68.0 ± 6.1

65.2 ± 6.0

 < 0.001

67.8 ± 7.5

65.4 ± 6.0

0.233

65.4 ± 6.0

(Median; range)

(67.7; 55.7–82.5)

(64.9; 55.0–86.0)

 

(69.4; 55.7–79.7)

(65.1; 55.0–86.0)

 

(65.1; 55.0–86.0)

Sex (women)

33 (35.9%)

852 (65.9%)

 < 0.001

3 (33.3%)

882 (64.1%)

0.055

885 (64.0%)

BMI

23.5 ± 2.7

23.8 ± 3.2

0.342

25.1 ± 2.2

23.8 ± 3.1

0.213

23.8 ± 3.1

History of CVD

10 (10.9%)

65 (5.5%)

0.017

0 (0.0%)

75 (5.5%)

0.471

75 (5.4%)

History of hypertension

52 (56.5%)

605 (46.8%)

0.072

5 (55.6%)

652 (47.4%)

0.626

657 (47.5%)

History of diabetes mellitus

  

0.503

  

0.476

 

Borderline

7 (7.7%)

138 (10.7%)

 

0 (0.0%)

145 (10.5%)

 

145 (10.5%)

Diabetes mellitus

15 (16.3%)

171 (13.2%)

 

2 (22.2%)

183 (13.4%)

 

186 (13.4%)

History of hyperlipidemia

10 (10.9%)

288 (22.3%)

0.01

0 (0.0%)

298 (21.7%)

0.115

298 (21.5%)

Smoking history

  

0.001

  

0.082

 

Current smoker

24 (26.1%)

189 (14.6%)

 

3 (33.3%)

210 (15.3%)

 

213 (15.4%)

Former smoker

13 (14.1%)

107 (8.3%)

 

2 (22.2%)

118 (8.6%)

 

120 (8.7%)

Never

smoker

55 (59.8%)

996 (77.1%)

 

4 (44.4%)

1047 (76.1%)

 

1051 (75.9%)

Drinking history

  

 < 0.001

  

0.39

 

Current drinker

46 (50.0%)

433 (33.5%)

 

5 (55.6%)

474 (34.5%)

 

479 (34.6%)

Former drinker

7 (7.6%)

33 (2.6%)

 

0 (0.0%)

40 (2.9%)

 

40 (2.9%)

Never

drinker

39 (42.4%)

826 (63.9%)

 

4 (60.0%)

861 (62.6%)

 

865 (62.5%)

Duration of education (< 10 years)

68 (73.9%)

974 (75.4%)

0.751

7 (77.8%)

1035 (75.3%)

0.862

1042 (75.3%)

  1. Continuous data was analyzed using student's t test and is shown in the mean ± standard deviation (median; min.-max.). Categorical data was analyzed using the χ2 test and is shown as number (%).
  2. MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, CVD cerevrovascular diseases, DESH disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid space hydrocephalus.