The occurrence of cerebrovascular atherosclerosis in Alzheimer’s disease patients

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Table 1 Clinical information for all patients

CDR	Number of patients	Male	Female	Mean age (yr)	Diabetes cases	Hypertension cases	Heart disease	Smoking	Stroke
0.5	17	11	6	68.4	3	4	2	2	3
1	26	16	10	71.6	7	12	5	11	6
2	39	21	18	73.1	11	15	9	17	10
3	11	4	7	69.8	2	4	3	5	2
Sum	93	52	41	71.2	23	35	19	35	21

Abbreviations: CDR, clinical dementia rating; yr, year.

Figure 1 Nonenhanced CT detection of calcified atheromatous plaque (arrow) in a 72-year-old male patient with moderate AD.

Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; AD, Alzheimer’s disease.

Figure 2 The composition of atheromatous plaques in different groups of AD patients.

Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer’s disease; CA, calcified; Non-CA, noncalcified.