Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants and informants.
Participants | CH | SCD | MCI | Dementia | p |
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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.