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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2009 Mar;16(3):577–583. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2009-0994

Table 1. Means and standard deviations for study variables by diagnosis.

Normal
(11.8%)
MCI
(44.6%)
Alzheimer's
(34.9%)
Other dementia
(8.7%)
Total
(100%)
N
(2512)
Age 75.8 (9.55) 76.4 (9.38) 76.0 (9.12) 70.3 (10.25) 75.6 (9.53) 2512
Education 15.4 (3.35) 14.7 (3.65) 14.3 (3.54) 14.9 (3.26) 14.7 (3.56) 2497
CDR Sum of Boxes 0.88 (0.66) 1.3 (0.92) 2.8 (1.25) 2.5 (1.19) 1.9 (1.30) 2512
MMSE 28.7 (1.41) 27.0 (2.68) 24.0 (4.13) 24.1 (5.36) 25.9 (3.85) 2462
GDS 1.5 (1.90) 1.8 (1.92) 2.4 (2.44) 3.7 (3.42) 2.1 (2.34) 2408
Apathy (%) 18 19 41 74 31 2361
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Use (%) 9 24 55 42 35 2512
Memantine Use (%) 2 6 23 20 13 2512
Depression in last 2 years (%) 19 20 36 47 28 2512
Hispanic or Latino (%) 9 7 7 4 7 2512
White, non-Hispanic (%) 79 78 80 86 79 2512
Black, non-Hispanic (%) 10 13 10 7 11 2512
Male sex (%) 50 50 47 60 50 2512
Married (%) 65 63 67 78 66 2500
Evaluated in year(s) prior to UDS (%) 64 53 47 42 51 2512
Referred by clinic or clinician (%) 25 36 49 58 41 2512

Mean (S.D.); *The means of these variables equal the proportion of cases coded as present. MCI = Mild Cognitive Impairment; CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale; UDS = Uniform Data Set.