Table 1.
Baseline Demographics and Prestudy Diet Composition as Determined From a 3-Day Food Intake Recorda
| Healthy Control Individuals |
aMCI Patients |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | LOW (n=11) | HIGH (n=9) | LOW (n=14) | HIGH (n=15) |
| Sex, No. | ||||
| Male | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| Female | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Age, y | 69.7 (8.0) | 68.8 (7.0) | 67.1 (6.8) | 68.1 (6.9) |
| Educational level, y | 13.5 (1.8) | 15.7 (2.2) | 15.6 (2.3) | 14.9 (2.2) |
| BMIb | 26.4 (2.6)b | 29.5 (4.5)b | 27.4 (3.8) | 27.5 (3.4) |
| Modified MMSE score | 96.6 (2.6) | 97.8 (2.8) | 95.0 (5.0) | 93.1 (4.4) |
| Caloric intake, kcal | 2012.8 (744.4) | 1955.7 (209.5) | 2191.1 (836.2) | 2101.5 (357.6) |
| % of Total kcal | ||||
| Protein | 16.2 (3.9) | 17.2 (3.0) | 17.4 (2.3) | 16.4 (3.3) |
| Carbohydrate | 46.7 (6.9) | 48.5 (7.1) | 46.3 (6.6) | 49.7 (4.4) |
| Total fat | 33.4 (6.5) | 33.4 (7.8) | 34.3 (5.9) | 31.7 (5.1) |
| Saturated fat | 10.2 (3.4) | 12.0 (4.7) | 12.6 (4.5) | 11.4 (2.6) |
Abbreviations: aMCI, amnestic mild cognitive impairment; BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); HIGH, high saturated fat/high glycemic index; LOW, low saturated fat/low glycemic index; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination.
a
Data are expressed as mean (SEM) unless otherwise indicated.
b
Healthy controls ingesting the HIGH diet tended to have higher baseline BMI values than healthy controls ingesting the LOW diet (P=.07).