Table 1:

Descriptive statisticsa

CharacteristicADMCISCDP Value
Sex.93
 Male (%)39.841.942.1
 Female (%)60.258.157.9
Race.23
 Caucasian or white (%)58.568.060.5
 Other (%)41.532.039.5
Highest education.15
 ≤High school (%)28.820.915.8
 >High school (%)71.279.184.2
Arterial hypertension.45
 Yes (%)71.266.960.5
 No (%)28.833.139.5
Diabetes mellitus.14
 Yes (%)18.623.334.2
 No (%)81.476.765.8
Age at diagnosis (yr)78 (71–84)74 (69–78)67 (54–78)<.001b
NTHV (%)0.35 (0.33–0.37)0.41 (0.40–0.43)0.48 (0.42–0.50)<.00b
Maximum MTA score3.0 (2.0–3.0)1.0 (0.0–2.0)1.0 (0.0–2.0)<.001b
Maximum ERiCA score2.0 (1.0–2.0)1.0 (0.0–2.0)1.0 (0.0–1.0)<.001b
  • a 50% median and interquartile ranges (in parentheses) are shown for age at diagnosis, NTHV, maximum MTA and maximum ERiCA scores. Maximum MTA and maximum ERiCA refer to the higher scores of the right and left values of the respective parameters.

  • b Denotes statistical significance at α = .05.