Table 1.
General characteristics of patients(mean ± standard deviation)
| Groups | Younger controls (N = 30) | Elderly controls (N = 22) | Alzheimer's disease (N = 98) | Small Vessel Dementia (N = 48) | P-value* |
| Sex (M : F) | 8:22 | 14 : 8 | 33 : 65 | 22 : 26 | NS |
| Age | 29.48 ± 5.90 | 67.30 ± 8.46 | 76.92 ± 8.03 | 76.75 ± 5.87 | NS |
| Age of onset | - | - | 73.27 ± 11.79 | 72.28 ± 12.61 | NS |
| Duration | - | - | 33.10 ± 23.10 | 26.30 ± 27.19 | NS |
| Education | 14.57 ± 0.98 | 10.43 ± 6.58 | 6.46 ± 5.47 | 6.96 ± 4.89 | NS |
| MMSE | 29.10 ± 1.21 | 28.12 ± 1.64 | 14.58 ± 5.67 | 16.58 ± 5.04 | 0.03 |
| Barthel index | 19.81 ± 0.21 | 19.11 ± 1.21 | 17.46 ± 4.53 | 11.26 ± 6.74 | 0.00 |
| CDR | - | - | 1.76 ± 0.76 | 1.77 ± 0.71 | NS |
| GDS | - | - | 16.37 ± 7.50 | 20.94 ± 4.97 | 0.04 |
*Statistical significance was tested between Alzheimer disease and Vascular dementia MMSE; Mini-Mental State Examination GDS; Geriatric Depression Scale CDR; Clinical Dementia Rating Scale