Table 1.
Characteristic | Nondemented | AD | P value |
---|---|---|---|
Sample size | n = 32 | n = 40 | |
Age at death [years (means ± SD)] | 81.3 ± 12.6 | 77.6 ± 8.6 | >0.05∗ |
Females [no. (%)] | 19 (59.4) | 26 (65.0) | >0.05† |
Postmortem interval [hours (means ± SD)] | 17.9 ± 11.7 | 14.1 ± 6.2 | >0.05‡ |
APOE ɛ4 allele carriers [n/N (%)] | 5/27§ (18.5) | 21/40 (52.5) | 0.0058† |
Unpaired Student's t-test with Welch's correction.
Chi-square with Fisher's exact test.
U-test.
APOE genotype was not available for five nondemented subjects.