Table 1.
Characteristic | Carriers (N = 88) |
Noncarriers (N = 40) |
P Value |
---|---|---|---|
Age — yr | 39.1±10.3 | 39.5±8.9 | 0.92 |
Male sex — no. (%) | 36 (41) | 17 (42) | 0.85 |
Education level — yr | 13.9±2.5 | 15.0±2.5 | 0.04 |
Cognitive status — no. (%)† | |||
Symptomatic | 43 (49) | 1 (2) | 0.29 |
Asymptomatic | 45 (51) | 39 (98) | |
Positive for apolipoprotein E ε4 allele — no. (%) | 22 (25) | 9 (22) | 0.69 |
Plus–minus values are means ±SD.
Participants were defined as asymptomatic if they had Cognitive Dementia Rating scores of 0 (no cognitive decline) and as symptomatic if they had scores greater than 0.