TABLE 3.
Group means and standard deviation (SD) of demographical and neuropsychological characteristics of the 50 subjects selected for EEG and graph analysis.
| Non-SCD | SCD | p | |
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n = 24 Men/Women: 10/14 Mean (S.D) |
n = 26 Men/Women: 9/17 Mean (S.D) |
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| Age | 68.92 ± 4.76 | 71.46 ± 8.06 | 0.09 |
| Education (years) | 13.62 ± 3.16 | 14.46 ± 3.08 | 0.39 |
| Composite score | −0.61 ± 0.06 | 1.15 ± 0.16 | <0.0001 |
| Neuropsychological tests | |||
| MMSE | 29.62 ± 0.64 | 29.31 ± 1.15 | 0.24 |
| RL/RI-16 test | |||
| Free recall | 12.34 ± 1.32 | 10.09 ± 2.20 | 0.05 |
| Recognition | 15.83 ± 0.38 | 15.57 ± 1.11 | 0.28 |
| Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure recall | 20.11 ± 7.95 | 19.46 ± 7.85 | 0.77 |
| Verbal Fluency test | |||
| Category | 35.96 ± 8.04 | 31.35 ± 8.54 | 0.08 |
| Letter | 23.95 ± 6.98 | 21.57 ± 6.21 | 0.25 |
| Trail Making Test | |||
| Form A | 38.75 ± 2.24 | 40.69 ± 1.77 | 0.41 |
| Form B | 79.14 ± 5.83 | 78.82 ± 6.17 | 0.47 |
| Stroop | 41.51 ± 8.14 | 46.46 ± 7.71 | 0.56 |
| Digit Span backward | 4.08 ± 0.71 | 4.11 ± 0.76 | 0.87 |
| Boston Naming Test | 55.79 ± 3.78 | 56.38 ± 3.73 | 0.58 |