Table 2

Baseline characteristics of participants who developed all-cause dementia

SCANSRUN DMC
Dementia (n = 24)No dementia (n = 97)PDementia (n = 38)No dementia (n = 314)P
Age72.1 (10.5)69.5 (9.5)0.18978.5 (4.5)68.0 (7.8)<0.001
Sex, female (%)5 (20.8)38 (39.2)0.14912 (31.6)130 (41.4)0.322
Education0.0430.002
Low (%)12 (52.2)44 (45.4)9 (23.7)25 (8.0)
Medium (%)11 (47.8)32 (33.0)23 (60.5)175 (55.7)
High (%)0 (0.0)21 (21.6)6 (15.8)114 (36.3)
BMI, kg/m2 25.6 (5.7)27.3 (4.6)0.03226.6 (5.9)28.0 (4.3)0.218
Hypertension (%)23 (95.8)89 (91.8)0.80430 (78.9)253 (80.6)0.982
Diabetes (%)7 (29.2)15 (15.5)0.2078 (22.2)44 (14.6)0.342
Hypercholesterolaemia (%)23 (95.8)81 (83.5)0.21927 (75.0)148 (49.2)0.006
Smoking0.7770.331
Never (%)9 (37.5)39 (40.2)8 (21.1)95 (30.3)
Ex (%)9 (37.5)40 (41.2)23 (60.5)182 (58.0)
Current (%)6 (25.0)18 (18.6)7 (18.4)37 (11.8)
Apathy3.6 (1.7)2.8 (1.7)0.04735.6 (11.6)26.6 (7.0)<0.001
Depression6.4 (6.0)5.5 (5.1)0.52713.8 (5.8)14.4 (4.0)0.326
MMSE24.9 (3.8)28.2 (1.8)<0.00124.3 (3.5)28.5 (1.4)<0.001
PS index−2.0 (0.4)−0.8 (0.8)<0.001−1.9 (0.5)−1.1 (0.7)<0.001
IADL6.4 (2.0)7.7 (0.7)<0.0016.2 (2.1)7.9 (0.5)<0.001
  • BMI, body mass index; IADL, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; PS, processing speed; RUN DMC, Radboud University Nijmegen Diffusion Tensor and Magnetic Resonance Cohort; SCANS, St. George's Cognition and Neuroimaging in Stroke.