AD (n=15) Stroke (n=21) p
Sex      
M/F  7/8 15/6. 0.175a
Age,y 71.5 (50-86) 60.5 (38-81) 0.020b*
ACE-R 79.0 (54-97) 74.5 (28-94) 0.385b
MMSE 27.0 (24-30) 26.0 (10-30) 0.409b
HADS 14.5 (12-26) 14.0 (2-30) 0.459b
Education,y 12(5-21) 13(6-24) 0.321b
Table 1: Baseline characteristics of the study population; a … Fisher’s exact test, b … Mann-Whitney U test Data in the table are presented as median (minimum – maximum). *Spearman correlation did not prove significant relationship between age and other baseline variables in both groups.