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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2024;100(1):309–320. doi: 10.3233/JAD-240203

Table 2.

Characteristics and baseline Eye ACT study visit data from the eye with worse visual acuity in the first 300 prospective Eye ACT study clinic visit participants and 30 home visit participants.

Clinic visit (N=300) Home visit (N=30) p-valueb

Na Mean (SD) or % N1 Mean (SD) or %

Number of ACT visits as of 03/2023 300 3.3 (2.1) 30 4.5 (2.2) 0.003

Age at Eye ACT baseline 300 74.9 (4.9) 30 77.2 (5.7) 0.015

Female sex 300 49% 30 60% 0.026

Race c 300 30 0.73
 White 92.30% 93.30%
 Black 0.30% 0%
 Asian 2.70% 0%
 Mixed race or Other 4.70% 6.70%

Education at ACT baseline (years) 300 17.8 (2.4) 30 17.0 (2.6) 0.15

CASI-IRT scored 297 0.00 (1.0) 30 0.03 (1.1) 0.97

Visual Acuity (ETDRS)e,f 298 78.9 (8.9) 29 71.1(15.6) < 0.001

Contrast Sensitivity, 6CPD logf,g 297 -1.73 (0.40) 29 -1.46 (0.61) 0.003

Contrast Sensitivity, 3CPD logf,g 297 -2.06 (0.37) 29 -1.85 (0.61) 0.002

Intraocular pressure, mmHgf 264 14.2 (4.0) 29 13.6 (3.5) 0.46

Total macular thickness, mmf 247 266.8 (17.1) 29 266.4 (26.5) 0.37

Total foveal thickness, mmf 247 214.4 (41.1) 29 227.6 (60.9) 0.27

Macular RNFL thickness, mmf 247 33.9 (6.8) 29 31.5 (7.7) 0.14

Macular GC-IPL thickness, μmf 247 63.8 (7.2) 29 64.8 (10.2) 0.89

ACT, Adult Changes in Thought; CASI-IRT, Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument-Item Response Theory; ETDRS, Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study; CPD, cycles per degree; GC-IPL, ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer; RNFL, retinal nerve fiber layer.

a

Reasons for missing data included incomplete data collection, patient related factors, or insufficient data quality for analysis.

b

Wilcoxon rank sum for continuous variables, Fisher’s exact for categorical.

c

ACT participants self-identified their race.

d

IRT-based CASI score, standardized to a mean of 0 (SD 1) in this Eye ACT sample at the nearest ACT biennial visit before the initial Eye ACT visit.

e

Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study visual acuity scores. Higher ETDRS values indicate better visual acuity.

f

Data from the worst visual acuity eye.

g

More negative log value indicates better contrast sensitivity.