Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and neuropsychological assessments of patients with aMCI and normal controls
| aMCI (n=34) | Controls (n=36) | t or χ2 | P | Cohen’s d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y |
67.9 (6.7) |
67.4 (5.0) |
0.143 |
0.886 |
|
| Sex(M/Total) |
14/34 |
18/36 |
0.549 |
0.459 |
|
| Education, y |
10.0 (2.9) |
11.1 (3.3) |
-1.462 |
0.148 |
|
| MMSE |
28.3 (1.5) |
29.5 (0.7) |
-4.279 |
<0.001 |
1.025 |
| ADL |
20.3 (0.5) |
20.1 (0.3) |
1.826 |
0.074 |
0.485 |
| GDS |
6.3 (1.2) |
5.4 (1.1) |
3.198 |
0.002 |
0.782 |
| AVLT |
15.1 (2.7) |
18.5 (1.9) |
-6.28 |
<0.001 |
1.456 |
| Total immediate recall | |||||
| Long delayed recall |
3.4 (0.7) |
6.6 (1.4) |
-12.225 |
<0.001 |
2.891 |
| MoCA total score |
20.5 (3.3) |
27.3 (1.7) |
-10.606 |
<0.001 |
2.595 |
| Executive items of MoCA: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternating Trail Making |
0.6 (0.5) |
0.9 (0.4) |
-2.105 |
0.039 |
0.663 |
| Clock Drawing Test |
2.7 (0.5) |
2.8 (0.4) |
-1.410 |
0.164 |
0.221 |
| Abstraction |
1.0 (0.6) |
1.3 (0.6) |
-1.907 |
0.060 |
0.500 |
| Verbal fluency | 0.9 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) | -1.436 | 0.157 | 0.392 |
NC: normal controls. Mean (standard deviation). MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination.
ADL: Activity of Daily Living; CDR: Clinical Dementia Rating; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; AVLT: Auditory Verbal Learning Test; GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale.