Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study population stratified by cognitive status (n=38).

	MCI (n=19)	NIE (n=19)	Sig. level
Age, y, (SD)	73 (9)	75 (6)	.39
Male, (%)	13 (68)	6 (32)	.02*
Body Mass Index	27 (3)	26 (5)	.48
Physical Activity Scale in Elderly	155 (70)	125 (47)	.15
Blood pressure, Systolic	121 (16)	126 (15)	.31
Blood pressure, Diastolic	63 (11)	63 (8)	1.0
APOE-ε4 carrier, (%)	8 (42)	5 (26)	.32
Albumin, serum, g/dL	4.0 (0.3)	3.9 (0.3)	.18
Creatinine, serum, g/dL	1.0 (0.2)	1.0 (0.2)	.50
Homocysteine, plasma, μmol/L	8.6 (2.5)	8.6 (2.5)	.96
Cholesterol, plasma, mg/dL	188 (32)	201 (32)	.05
Calories consumed, total kCal	1549 (566)	1679 (505)	.46
Mini Mental State Exam	26 (2.0)	29 (1.0)	<.001*
Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Exam, Total	69 (5)	77 (2)	<.001*
Clinical Dementia Rating	.35 (0.2)	.0 (0.0)	<.001*
WMS-R, Delayed Paragraph Recall	5 (6)	12 (5)	.01*
Geriatric Depression Scale	2 (1)	1 (2)	.54
Hachinski Ischemia Score	1 (1)	1 (0)	.08
Acetylcholine esterase inhibitor use, (%)	74	0	<.001*
Statin use, (%)	63	11	<.001*
Multivitamin use, (%)	58	68	.51

MCI, amnestic – Mild Cognitive Impairment; NIE, Non-impaired elders

Mean and SD unless labeled otherwise,

^*Significance level set at P ≤ .05

Multivitamin use derived by interview with subject (and collateral historian for MCI), including examination of all bottles from which subject was regularly taking pills; WMS-R, Wechsler Memory Scale – Revised