Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics by Presence or Absence of Motoric Cognitive Risk (MCR) syndrome status

Variables	MCR (n = 52)	Not MCR (N = 715)	p value
Age	79.9±5.9	79.7±5.4	.711
Sex (women), %	60	61	.846
Education years	13.7±3.6	14.0±3.4	.399
Mean follow-up, months	27.9±20.5	43.4±27.4	<.001
Cognitive complaints, %	100	39	<.001
Slow gait, %	100	9	<.001
Race, %
White	56	71	.025
Black	44	25	.002
Medical illness index (range 0–10)	1.9±1.2	1.2±1.0	<.001
Strokes, %	15	9	.135
Coronary artery disease, %	15	9	.128
Previous myocardial infarction, %	8	5	.352
Congestive heart failure, %	4	2	.296
Hypertension, %	75	60	.035
Diabetes, %	31	14	.001
Depression, %	15	11	.341
Parkinson’s disease, %	2	1	.297
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, %	10	5	.182
Arthritis, %	13	4	.012
Clinical gait abnormality, %	85	34	<.001
Neurological gait abnormality, %	31	9	<.001
Non-neurological gait abnormality, %	29	12	<.001
CDR score ≥0.5, %	60	26	<.001
Gait speed, cm/s	59.5±13.1	96.9±21.8	<.001
Blessed test score (range 0–32)	3.3±2.3	2.1±2.2	.001
Free recall (range 0–48)	28.7±6.5	31.3±6.0	.002
Digit symbol substitution test	33.7±14.4	42.8±13.9	<.001
Digit span total	12.9±2.9	14.1±3.5	.017
Category fluency test	31.3±8.1	37.5±8.9	<.001
Letter fluency test	28.5±10.7	36.4±12.6	<.001
Trail making test B	169.6±69.3	128.7±56.5	<.001
Geriatric depression scale (range 0–15)	3.5±2.7	2.1±2.2	<.001

Note: CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating scale.

Values are means ± SD unless otherwise noted.