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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2009 Nov;18(3):691–701. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2009-1227

Table 2.

Demographics [mean (SD)] and distribution [number (%)] of pathology in persons with no cognitive impairment in community compared to clinic cohorts

Community cohorts
Clinical cohort
Number 188 14
Age at death 83.8 (SD = 6.4) 81.6 (SD = 10.7)
Education 17.0 (SD = 3.9) 14.7 (SD = 3.0)
MMSE 28.3 (SD = 1.6) 27.8 (SD = 1.6)
Pathologic diagnosis
of AD (NIA-Reagan)
73 (38.8%) 8 (57.1%)
    High 2 (1.1%) 1 (7.1%)
    Intermediate 71 (37.8%) 7 (50.0%)
Infarct (any) 73 (38.8%) 5 (35.7%)
    Macroscopic 41 (21.8%) 1 (7.1%)
    Microscopic 41 (21.8%) 5 (35.7%)
Lewy bodies (any) 23 (12.2%) 1 (7.1%)
    Neocortical 5 (2.7%) 1 (7.1%)
One pathology (AD,
infarcts, or Lewy bodies)
87 (46.3%) 6 (42.9%)
Mixed pathology 16 (8.5%) 2 (14.3%)
FTLD or other atypical
pathology
0 0