Table 1 Patient background information.

From: Lobar microbleeds are associated with cognitive impairment in patients with lacunar infarction

 

Total (n = 273)

CMB-positive (n = 73)

CMB-negative (n = 200)

P value

Age, year

72.0 ± 11.2

72.2 ± 9.2

72.0 ± 11.28

0.849

Sex (female), n (%)

95 (34.8)

19 (26.0)

76 (38.0)

0.066

Body mass index, kg/m2

23.8 ± 3.5

23.6 ± 3.1

23.8 ± 3.7

0.735

Education, years

12.3 ± 2.4

12.6 ± 2.4

11.5 ± 2.3

0.001

MMSE score, median (IQR)

27 (25.5–29)

27 (24–29)

27 (26–29)

0.003

Hypertension, n (%)

206 (75.5)

64 (87.7)

142 (71.0)

0.005

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

69 (25.3)

16 (21.9)

53 (26.5)

0.441

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

151 (55.3)

34 (46.6)

117 (58.5)

0.079

Chronic kidney disease, n (%)

82 (30.0)

28 (38.4)

54 (27.0)

0.070

Current smoker, n (%)

102 (37.4)

27 (37.0)

75 (37.5)

0.938

Habitual drinker, n (%)

109 (39.9)

31 (43.1)

78 (39.0)

0.547

Location of infarction

Corona radiata, n (%)

86 (31.5)

28 (38.4)

58 (29.0)

0.141

Basal ganglia, n (%)

19 (7.0)

5 (6.8)

14 (7.0)

0.966

Capsulae internae, n (%)

56 (20.5)

14 (19.2)

42 (21.0)

0.741

Thalamus, n (%)

65 (23.8)

12 (16.4)

53 (26.5)

0.084

Brain stem, n (%)

47 (17.2)

14 (19.2)

33 (16.5)

0.604

MRI findings

DSWMH severe, n (%)

150 (54.9)

48 (65.8)

102 (51.0)

0.030

PVH severe, n (%)

166 (60.8)

55 (75.3)

111 (55.5)

0.030

Medial temporal atrophy (IQR)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

0.353

CMBs

Deep, n (%)

37 (13.6)

   

Lobar, n (%)

12 (4.4)

   

Mixed, n (%)

24 (8.8)

   
  1. CMBs, cerebral microbleeds; MMSE, Mini-Mental Scale Examination; IQR, interquartile range; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; DSWMH, deep and subcortical white matter hyperintensity; PVH, periventricular hyperintensity. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation, median (25% IQR–75% IQR), or number of patients (%). * indicates < 0.05.