Table 1.

Means (SD) for demographic and cognitive measures and percent gender for groups divided by diagnosis (AD, DLB) and stage of cognitive impairment (mild, moderate) on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).

	AD				DLB
	Mild N=15		Moderate N=23		Mild N=11		Moderate N=8
Age (years)	75.9	(3.6)	78.6•	(4.2)	76.0	(4.6)	79.1	(4.4)
Education (years)	14.5	(2.9)	14.8	(3.5)	15.2	(3.9)	15.3	(3.5)
MMSE total score	25.0	(1.6)	17.6 *	(3.6)	24.3	(2.6)	15.5 #	(3.6)
DRS total score	120.9	(9.0)	99.4 *	(16.3)	117.9	(11.9)	89.9 °	(19.5)
Percent Female	39.1		46.7		0.0		50.0

SD = Standard Deviation

AD = Alzheimer’s disease

DLB = Dementia with Lewy bodies

DRS = Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (range: 0-144)

T-tests

^•AD: Mild versus Moderate Age: p<0.05, t=2.05, df=36

^#DLB: Mild versus Moderate MMSE: p<0.001, t=−6.11, df=17

Mann-Whitney U-tests

AD: Mild versus moderate

^*MMSE: p<0.001, U=0.00

^*DRS: p<0.001, U=36.50

^°DLB: Mild versus Moderate DRS: p<0.01, U=4.50