Table 1.

Characteristics of control 1 subjects and Alzheimer's disease patients.

	Control 1			AD
	Total	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male
Number	57	37	20	93	67	26
Age (mean ± SE)	77.2 ± 0.8	77.0 ± 1.0	77.5 ± 1.3	77.2 ± 0.7	77.9 ± 0.9	77.1 ± 1.3
t-test (C1 vs AD)				P = 0.944	P = 0.534	P = 0.206
MMSE	28.2 ± 0.2	27.9 ± 1.3	28.6 ± 0.3	18.7 ± 0.6	18.9 ± 0.6	18.3 ± 1.3
t-test (C1 vs AD)				P = 0.000	P = 0.000	P = 0.000
ORO (mean ± SE)	0.6 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 0.1	0.5 ± 0.1	2.6 ± 0.1	2.7 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.2
t-test (C1 vs AD)				P = 0.000	P = 0.000	P = 0.000

MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination

AD = Alzheimer's Disease

ORO = Oil Red O