Table 1.
Demographics and pathology in 483 deceased community-dwelling older persons.
| Clinical Diagnosis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No cognitive impairment | Mild Cognitive Impairment | Probable Alzheimer's disease | |
| N=170 | N=134 | N=179 | |
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| Age, years | 83.9 (SD 6.6) | 86.9 (SD 6.3) | 89.7 (SD 5.6) |
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| Education, years | 17.0 (SD 3.8) | 16.8 (SD 3.7) | 16.7 (SD 3.6) |
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| Gender, female | 96 (56.5%) | 77 (57.5%) | 107 (60%) |
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| MMSE | 28.3 (SD 1.7) | 26.2 (SD 3.3) | 14.1 (SD 8.5) |
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| AD path diagnosis | 65 (38.2%) | 73 (54.5%) | 157 (87.7%) |
| NIA- high | 2 (1.2%) | 11 (8.2%) | 71 (39.7%) |
| NIA- intermediate | 63 (37.0%) | 62 (46.3%) | 86 (48.0%) |
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| Infarcts* | 39 (22.9%) | 44 (32.8%) | 71 (39.7%) |
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| Lewy bodies** | 5 (2.9%) | 8 (6.0%) | 30 (16.8%) |
*
macroscopic infarcts only
**
neocortical-type only