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. 2023 Oct 23;17:e20230011. doi: 10.1590/1980-5764-DN-2023-0011

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants and informants.

Participants CH SCD MCI Dementia p
n=50 n=50 n=50 n=50
Age (years), Mean (SD) 70.1±7.7 72.32±7.96 a 73.3±6.9 b 77.9±9.8 c <0.001
Women (n)% 28 (56) 34 (68) 36 (72) 28 (56) 0.02
Marital status (n)%
Married 28 (56) 21 (42) 24 (48) 26 (52) <0.001
Single 9 (18) 11 (22) 8 (16) 3 (6) <0.001
Divorced 2 (4) 4 (8) 4 (8) 5 (10) <0.001
Widower 9 (18) 12 (24) 14 (28) 16 (32) <0.001
Education, mean (SD) 14.4±6.3 11.9±5.1 10.4 ±4.8 9.30 ±4.9 <0.001
MMSE, mean (SD) 28.8±1.1 27.6±1.5 26.2±1.9 21.9±3.3 <0.001
MoCA-E, mean (SD) 28.0±1.1 26.1±2.2 21.3±2.6 15.6±3.3 <0.001
Katz, mean (SD) 6±0.0 6±0.0 6±0.5 5±0.8 <0.001
Lawton & Brody, mean(SD) 8±0.0 8±0.0 7.7±0.5 5±1.5 <0.001
M-ECog, mean (SD) 43.5±2.6 52.7±5.4 67.4±9.8 85.2±26.2 <0.001
Memory, mean (SD) 10.6±1.5 13.1±3.3 16.8±3.4 20.5 ±6.1 <0.001
Language, mean (SD) 9.4±1.0 13.4±2.6 14.7±3.7 18.9±6.8 <0.001
Visuospatial, mean (SD) 7.8±1.0 8.2±1.6 10.1±2.7 13.3±6.9 <0.001
Planning, mean (SD) 5.2±0.6 5.7±1.2 7.1±2.5 10.7±4.2 <0.001
Organization, mean (SD) 4.9±1.2 6.9± 1.2 8.5±2.5 12.6±4.4 <0.001
Divided attention, mean (SD) 5.9±0.7 6.6±2.3 8.5±2.9 9.8±3.8 <0.001
Informants n=50 n=50 n=50 n=50
Age (years), mean (SD) 53.7±16.5 53.4±16.8 a 53.4 ±16.3 b 53.7±14.9 c <0.001
Woman, (n)% 34 (68) 35 (70) 34 (68) 43 (86) 0.12
Marital status (n)%
Married 24 (48) 13 (41.9) 27 (54) 28 (56) <0.001
Single 18 (36) 12 (38.7) 19 (38) 17 (34) <0.001
Divorced 4 (8) 3 (3.7) 2 (4) 2 (4) <0.001
Widower 2 (4) 2 (6.5) 2 (4) 1 (2) <0.001
Education, mean (SD) 13.6±4.5 13.9±3.9 13.3±5.1 13.70±3.9 0.93
Caregiver’s burden 5.5±8.6 11.8± 11.7 14.18±14.8 24±13.0 0.16
M-ECog, mean (SD) 45.1±8 54.4±12.9 a 68.3±13.8 b 94.4±25.3 c <0.001
Memory, mean (SD) 11.0 ±2.4 14.1±3.1 17.7±4.9 23.7±6.6 <0.001
Language, mean (SD) 9.6±2.3 12.1±3.8 14.6±4.4 19.4±6.5 <0.001
Visuospatial, mean (SD) 7.9±1.6 9.1±2.7 11.2±3.7 14.5±6.8 <0.001
Planning, mean (SD) 5.2±0.8 5.9±1.9 8.2±2.8 11.5±5.3 <0.001
Organization, mean (SD) 6.3±1.5 7.2±2.6 9.1±3.0 15.2±5.4 <0.001
Divided attention, mean (SD) 5.4±1.6 6.1±2.5 7.8±2.6 10.4±3.3 <0.001

Abbreviations: CH, cognitively healthy; SCD, subjective cognitive decline; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; SD, standard deviation. Notes: a,b,cPost-hoc comparisons, Bonferroni correction; ap≤0.001 between CH and SCD; bp≤0.001 between CH and MCI; cp≤0.001 between CH and dementia.