Table 4 The development of DESH in the participants who underwent the follow-up MRI (n = 669).

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

Case

Sex

At the base-line survey

At the latest survey

The interval

Age

EI

MMSE

Age

EI

MMSE

(years)

1

Woman

61

0.282

30

74.1

0.305

30

13.1

2

Woman

67.7

0.324

21

75.7

0.355

25

8

3

Man

65.3

0.296

30

73.9

0.306

27

8.6

4

Man

71.2

0.322

26

75.2

0.328

23

4

  1. EI Evans index, DESH disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid space hydrocephalus (EI > 0.3), MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination.
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