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Table 1 Demographics and clinical manifestations of study patients and normal subjects

From: Retinal tissue hypoperfusion in patients with clinical Alzheimer’s disease

 

AD (N = 24)

CN (N = 19)

P Value

Age (year)

72.9 ± 7.5

68.6 ± 9.0

NS

Gender

11M13F

10M9F

NS

SBP (mmHg)

132.0 ± 17.9

136.7 ± 20.1

NS

DBP (mmHg)

79.0 ± 11.2

83.4 ± 12.0

NS

HR (bpm)

63.3 ± 12.3

63.0 ± 9.7

NS

MMSE

22.3 ± 4.2

29.5 ± 0.8

<  0.05

Duration (year)

3.9 ± 1.6

 

NS

Smoking

0

0

NS

Hypertension

14

11

NS

Dyslipidemia

11

9

NS

Diabetes

3

2

NS

  1. Results are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. Abbreviations: AD=Alzheimer’s disease; DBP=diastolic blood pressure; CN=cognitively normal; HR=heart rate; MMSE=Mini-Mental State Examination; NS=not significant; SBP=systolic blood pressure; Hypertension=subjects with controlled hypertension; Dyslipidemia=subjects with controlled high blood cholesterol level on cholesterol medications; Diabetes=controlled type 2 diabetes without diabetic retinopathy