Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

# Participants	30
Men/women	10/20
Age	61.0 ± 10.3 (42–77)^a
Education (years)	16.5 ± 3.0 (12–24)^a
# Having family history of AD	20^b
Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) (Folstein et al., 1975)	29.1 ± 9.0 (27–30)^a
National Adult Reading Test (NART full IQ) (Nelson and Willison, 1991)	114.5 ± 7.4 (93–123)^a
Hamilton Depression Battery (HAM-D) 21 item (Hamilton, 1960)	2.9 ± 3.4 (0–13)^a
fMRI task score (verbal paired associates) (42 possible score)	30.0 ± 8.9 (13–42)^a
BMI	23.5 ± 3.8 (16.2–31.1)^a
Systolic BP (mmHg)	120.6 ± 16.6 (91–159)^a
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	198.0 ± 38.0 (126–277)^a
# Users of anti-depressive drugs	2^c
# Users of anti-hypertensive drugs	3^d
# Users of statin drugs	4^d
# Regular users of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs	9

Demographic and clinical features are listed as mean ± standard deviation (range).

Includes parents, grandparents, or siblings.

For mild depression, stable at the time of scanning.

Two participants were taking both anti-hypertensive drugs and statins.