Table 1.
Results of the neuropsychological tests for patients with AD and healthy older adult controls
| AD Patient | Control | df | F | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
| Test | |||||
| Global cognition score | |||||
| MMSE (Folstein et al., 1975) | 25.09 (2.21) | 29.36 (.92) | 1,20 | 34.95 | <.001 |
| Verbal fluency (Monsch et al., 1992) | |||||
| Letters (FAS) | 28.89 (11.16) | 42.10 (12.41) | 1,17 | 5.9 | 0.027 |
| Categories (animals, fruits, vegetables) | 19.89 (6.75) | 48.40 (13.62) | 1,17 | 32.19 | <.001 |
| Frontal lobe function | |||||
| Frontal Assessment Battery (Dubois et al., 2000) | 14.50 (2.43) | 17.00 (1.29) | 1,11 | 5.62 | .037 |
| Memory (CERAD; Morris et al., 1989) | |||||
| Word List Memory | 9.64 (3.44) | 19.60 (3.66) | 1,19 | 41.35 | <.001 |
| Word List Recall | 1.55 (1.69) | 6.70 (1.77) | 1,19 | 46.53 | <.001 |
| Word List Recognition | 6.55 (2.70) | 9.70 (0.48) | 1,19 | 13.24 | 0.002 |
Values for df, F, and P are from one-way ANOVAs between AD patients and controls.
Verbal fluency was not available for 2 patients, the frontal assessment battery was not available for 5 patients and 4 controls, and the CERAD was not available for 1 control.