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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of probable CAA patients

From: The effects of imaging markers on clinical trajectory in cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a longitudinal study in a memory clinic

 

Total, n = 226

Age (years)

75.4 ± 7.0

Sex (female)

123 (54.4)

Education (years)

10.8 ± 5.3

APOE genotype

 APOE2 carrier

28 (12.5)

 APOE4 carrier

98 (43.4)

Aβ PET positivity

91/122 (74.6)

Follow-up period (years)

3.5 ± 2.7

MRI finding

 Number of lobar CMBs

5 (2–16)

 Presence of cSS

62 (27.4)

 Presence of lacunes

84 (37.2)

 Severe CSO-EPVS

58 (26.9)

 Presence of lobar ICH

36 (15.9)

 Severe WMH

50 (22.1)

 WHM in a multi-spot pattern

157 (70.4)

 Presence of cortical microinfarcts

70 (31.0)

Vascular risk factors

 Hypertension

112 (49.6)

 Diabetes

52 (23.0)

 Hyperlipidemia

65 (28.8)

 Cardiac disease

17 (7.5)

 Stroke

33 (14.6)

 Current smoking

41 (18.1)

 Anticoagulant use

4 (1.78)

Clinical outcome

 Lobar ICH

10 (4.4)

 Stroke

8 (3.5)

 Seizure

1 (0.4)

MMSE*

21.2 ± 6.5

CDR-SB

3.8 ± 3.5

  1. Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations, numbers (%), or mean (interquartile range)
  2. Abbreviations: , amyloid β; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; CMBs, cerebral microbleeds; cSS, cortical superficial siderosis; CAA, cerebral amyloid angiopathy; AD, Alzheimer’s disease dementia; n, number; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; WMH, white matter hyperintensity; MMSE, Mini-Mental Status Examination; CDR-SB, Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes
  3. *p-value after adjusting for age, sex, and education