Decreased Serum NCAM Levels Associated with Cognitive Impairment in Vascular Dementia

Table 1

Clinical characteristics in controls and VaD patients.

	Controls ()	VaD ()	value
Age (years)			0.738
Male gender (, %)			0.564
Formal education (years)			0.544
Heart rate (bpm)			0.704
Supine systolic BP (mmHg)			0.807
Supine diastolic BP (mmHg)			0.761
FBG (mmol/L)			0.057
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)			0.099
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)			0.144
MoCA (points)			<0.001
NCAM (ng/mL)			<0.001

VaD: vascular dementia; BP: blood pressure; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NCAM: neural cell adhesion molecule.