Table 3 Coefficients of correlation (r) between ZSDS-index, Cerebral Blood Flow and ankle-brachial indexes, in case and control groups
ZSDS index ≥ 0.48, n = 31 | Controls, n = 89 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
CBF, regions: | r | p | r | p |
Frontal dx | -.11 | ns. | -.09 | ns. |
Sin | -.12 | ns. | -.04 | ns. |
Temporal dx | -.21 | ns. | -.07 | ns. |
Sin | -.15 | ns. | -.03 | ns. |
Parietal dx | -.29 | ns. | -.04 | ns. |
Sin | -.21 | ns. | -.01 | ns. |
Basal nuclei dx | -.35 | .047 | -.10 | ns. |
Sin | -.30 | ns. | -.11 | ns. |
Thalamus dx | -.46 | .008 | -.15 | ns. |
Sin | -.40 | .023 | -.17 | ns. |
Subcortical | -.42 | .014 | -.12 | ns. |
Ankle brachial index | ||||
Age 68, dx | -.15 | ns. | .03 | ns. |
Age 68, sin | -.18 | ns. | -.09 | ns. |
Age 82, dx | -.40 | .02 | -.21 | .04 |
Age 82, sin | -.37 | .03 | -.24 | .02 |
Difference 82–68, dx | -.36 | .04 | -.19 | ns. |
Difference 82–68, sin | -.46 | .006 | -.15 | ns. |