Table 1.
Demographic, global cognitive, and learning and memory characteristics of the APOE ε4 and ε3 groups
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APOE |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | ε4, n = 10 | ε3, n = 10 | p Value |
| Demographics | |||
| Age, y | 76.2 (4.8) | 75.7 (5.8) | 0.84 |
| Education, y | 14.9 (2.5) | 15.3 (2.1) | 0.70 |
| Women/men | 6/4 | 5/5 | 0.65 |
| Global cognition | |||
| DRS total (144 points possible) | 140.6 (2.2) | 141.3 (1.9) | 0.45 |
| Learning and memory | |||
| DRS memory subscale | 24.4 (0.7) | 24.4 (0.7) | 0.89 |
| WMS-R immediate recall | 25.9 (7.2) | 24.6 (3.9) | 0.62 |
| WMS-R delayed recall | 22.8 (7.9) | 19.6 (5.3) | 0.31 |
| CVLT List 1–5 total recall | 53.8 (6.1) | 44.4 (11.6) | 0.04 |
| CVLT long delay free recall | 11.5 (2.6) | 9.4 (4.0) | 0.18 |
| CVLT recognition memory, % | 94.7 (3.7) | 89.6 (8.2) | 0.09 |
| Post-MRI recognition memory accuracy for the pictures, % | 79.2 (11.8) | 72.3 (13.1) | 0.28 |