Table 5.
Demographic and medical characteristics of elders with MCI at baseline (n = 564) by diagnostic outcome, surveying 1) all follow-up visits and 2) only first follow-up visit
| All follow-up visits | First follow-up only | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCI to no MCI | MCI to MCI | MCI to AD | MCI to no MCI | MCI to MCI | MCI to AD | |
| N | 170 | 264 | 123 | 255 | 230 | 72 |
| mean age | 76.3 | 75.8 | 78.3 | 76.5 | 75.8 | 79.0 |
| mean education | 9.2 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 7.0 |
| % African American | 28.2 | 32.6 | 24.4 | 28.2 | 32.2 | 25.0 |
| % Hispanic | 43.5 | 37.9 | 58.5 | 42.0 | 38.0 | 40.1 |
| % women | 68.8 | 68.2 | 66.7 | 71.0 | 63.9 | 70.8 |
| % APOE-E4 allele | 28.1 | 29.3 | 28.6 | 29.6 | 28.1 | 27.9 |
| % stroke | 8.2 | 6.8 | 12.2 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 16.7 |
| % hypertension | 70.6 | 80.3 | 78.9 | 74.5 | 79.6 | 77.8 |
| % diabetes | 20.6 | 24.6 | 27.6 | 21.6 | 23.9 | 33.3 |
| % heart disease | 31.2 | 35.6 | 41.5 | 34.9 | 33.5 | 44.4 |
| Avg. years of f/u | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Avg. number of f/u | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 255 | 230 | 72 |
Note: Table does not include data on 7 elders with MCI at baseline who progressed to non-AD dementia.