. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 20.

Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2009 Jan 1;18(3):595–602. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2009-1165

Table 1.

Baseline subject characteristics.

	Memory Impaired	Healthy Control

Age (yr)	76.1 (5.2)	73.5 (7.2)
Gender (F/M)	5/11	8/11
Education (yr)	14.4 (3.2)	14.9 (1.8)
MMSE	24.4 (3.8)	28.1 (1.9)^**
Mattis DRS	125.6 (13.7)	140.0 (3.6)^**
APOE (ε4-/ε4+)	9/7	17/1^*
BMI (kg/m²)	24.8 (2.7)	25.9 (3.7)
FPG	92.8 (16.5)	98.7 (13.4)

Note. MMSE=Mini Mental State Examination, Mattis DRS=Mattis Dementia Rating Scale, BMI=body mass index, FPG=fasting plasma glucose. Age, education, MMSE, Mattis DRS, BMI, and FPG are expressed as mean (SD).

p<0.01,

^**

p<0.001.