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Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants With Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Group-Matched Healthy Controls^a

	AD (n = 25)	Healthy controls (n = 25)	P value
Gender^a, male/female	14/11	14/11	1.0
Age, years	73 (71)	72 (71)	.961
Age, years	55-79	56-79	.961
University degree	13 (52%)	21 (84%)	<.05
Weight, kg	73 (72)	70 (74)	.497
Weight, kg	55-103	53-95	.497
Height, cm	169 (169)	170 (172)	.322
Height, cm	153-184	153-189	.322
Body mass index, kg/m²	24.5 (25.3)	25.0 (24.9)	.907
Body mass index, kg/m²	21.8-31.8	18.8-32.6	.907
Mini-Mental State Examination, 0-30 points	25 (25)	30 (30)	<.001
Mini-Mental State Examination, 0-30 points	21-30	28-30	<.001
Functional assessment staging, 0-16 stages	4	1	<.001
Functional assessment staging, 0-16 stages	3-4	1-2	<.001

^a Values denote medians, means in parenthesis, and ranges unless otherwise specified. Mann-Whitney U test and Fisher test were used for group comparisons. Significant values are in boldface.