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Table 1 Comparison between prodromal AD and stable MCI according to baseline clinical and neuropsychological features

From: Detection of early Alzheimer's disease in MCI patients by the combination of MMSE and an episodic memory test

 

Pr-AD n = 50

S-MCI n = 55

p-value

 

Pr-AD n = 50

S-MCI n = 55

p-value

Age

75.94 (6.05)

72.93 (7.30)

0.021

MMSE

25.92 (1.88)

27.78 (1.55)

< 0.001

Sex (% female)

59.37

64.58

0.575

WAT

16.87 (6.61)

17.32 (7.96)

0.778

Hamilton

3.92 (3.36)

6.32 (5.98)

0.033

Symbol-Digit

23.21 (10.86)

27.02 (10.86)

0.142

IDDD

41.09 (7.48)

38.11 (4.62)

0.071

CVLT-SDFR

1.52 (2.00)

4.55 (3.90)

< 0.001

Hachinski

1.97 (1.15)

2.27 (1.72)

0.373

CVLT-SDTR

3.78 (2.40)

6.45 (3.32)

< 0.001

Social extraction (% urban)

74.35

69.38

0.712

CVLT-LDFR

1.38 (1.86)

4.83 (4.03)

< 0.001

Marital status (% married)

56.41

71.42

0.143

CVLT-LDTR

3.29 (2.42)

6.58 (3.42)

< 0.001

Education (% primary school)

66.66

71.42

0.775

CVLT- Learning

12.83 (2.89)

13.77 (2.17)

0.054

HBP (%)

45.83

32.81

0.161

BNT

8.13 (2.58)

8.42 (2.46)

0.544

DM (%)

16.66

23.43

0.380

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25.39 (10.71)

26.97 (9.00)

0.398

Smoking (% active)

6.25

25.00

0.009

WAIS block design

17.90 (8.24)

20.63 (7.89)

0.112

Alcohol (% active)

8.33

12.5

0.480

Stroop Test (interference)

-7.36 (8.32)

-5.71 (6.24)

0.233

Hypercholesterolemia (%)

33.33

31.25

0.815

TMT-A

111.05 (79.87)

88.38 (46.45)

0.083

Statins (%)

16.66

15.62

0.882

TMT-B

237.06 (120.56)

196.20 (98.85)

0.098

Ischemic cardiopathy (%)

4.16

10.93

0.192

Category fluency

10.88 (4.33)

12.87 (3.98)

0.017

Previous Stroke (%)

0

9.37

0.029

Phonemic fluency

5.89 (3.10)

6.98 (3.54)

0.099

Arterial ischemia (%)

0

1.56

0.384

FAB

12.94 (2.15)

14.44 (2.45)

0.004

Family History of Dementia (%)

31.25

28.12

0.720

    

ApoE E4 carrier (%)

53.48

28.30

0.012

    
  1. Values are means (SD); p-value from univariate analysis, and in bold, those p-values which remained significant after the multivariate analysis adjusting for all associated variables plus age, sex and ApoeE e4 status; Pr-AD (prodromal AD): MCI patients that progressed to AD during the follow-up; S-MCI (stable MCI): MCI patients that did not progress to dementia; IDDD: Interview for Deterioration in Daily living activities in Dementia; HBP: High Blood Pressure; DM: Diabetes Mellitus; WAT: Word Accentuation Test; CVLT: California Verbal Learning Test; SDFR: Short Delayed Free Recall; SDTR: Short Delayed Total Recall (free and cued); LDFR: Long Delayed Free Recall; LDTR: Long Delayed Total Recall (free and cued); BNT: Boston Naming Test; TMT-A: Trail Making Test part A; TMT-B: Trail Making Test part B; FAB: Frontal Assessment Battery.