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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2012;29(2):329–340. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2011-111472

Table 2.

Comparisons among those with normal cognition, amnestic MCI and probable AD in the homebound elderly

Normal controls
N =159
Amnestic MCI
N =19
Probable AD
N = 16
Vas Dementia
N =22
Age, year, Mean ± SD 72.0 ± 7.9 75.6 ± 8.3 80.5 ± 9.4** 73.4 ± 7.8
Female, n/total (%) 121/159 (76%) 8/16 (50%)* 12/16 (75%) 10/22 (45%)**
African American, n/total (%) 43/159 (27%) 3/16 (19%) 9/16 (56%) 7/22 (32%)
High School and above, n/total (%) 122/159 (77%) 14/16 (88%) 7/15 (47%)*** 18/22 (82%)
ApoE4 , n/total (%) 34/155 (22%) 5/15 (33%) 6/16 (38%) 4/21 (19%)
BMI, Mean ± SD 30.8 ± 7.8 32.6 ± 8.8 28.5 ± 4.7 29.7 ± 3.5
Medical Condition
Diabetes, n/total (%) 48/155 (31%) 6/16 (38%) 4/16 (25%) 10/21 (48%)
Insulin use, n/total (%) 9/156 (6%) 1/16 (6%) 1/16 (6%) 0/21 (0%)
Insulin, pM/L, median (IQR) 73.2 (47.3, 119.0) 86.2 (33.8, 153.5) 73.3 (26.2, 94.8) 80.9 (42.4, 143.7)
Amylin, median, pg/ml, median (IQR) 22.3 (11.2, 43.1) 19.3 (11.8, 65.5) 18.7 (11.2, 38.9) 28.1 (10.1, 52.2)
ACE inhibitor use, n/total (%) 58/159 (36) 5/16 (31%) 6/16 (38%) 11/22 (50%)
Neuropsychological Scores
MMSE Score, mean ± SD 27.1 ± 2.5 25.9 ± 2.6* 20.7 ± 3.4*** 23.5 ± 2.2***
LM Delayed Recall, mean ± SD 23.7 ± 8.8 13.8 ± 7.9*** 5.9 ± 5.7*** 12.7 ± 7.7***
WLL Delayed Recall, mean ± SD 5.3 ± 2.8 1.9 ± 2.0*** 0.9 ± 1.3*** 1.9 ± 2.2***
Trails B, mean ± SD 147.0 ± 68.3 164.7 ± 81.1 284.5 ± 37.3*** 245.4 ± 70.2***
Brain Volumes
Total brain volume, L, mean ± SD 1.1 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.1
With large vessel infarcts, n/total (%) 11/151 (7%) 0/16 (0%) 1/17 (7%) 8/21 (38%)***
With small vessel infarcts, n/total (%) 24/151 (16%) 0/16 (0%) 1/15 (7%) 12/21 (57%)***
Hippocampal volume, ml, mean ± SD 5.2 ± 0.8 5.4 ± 1.0 4.3 ± 0.8** 5.1 ± 0.8
Amygdala volume, ml, mean ± SD 4.0 ± 0.8 3.9 ± 0.9 2.8 ± 0.6*** 4.0 ± 0.9

Mean ± SD with t Test or n/total (%) with Chi-Square test is presented. To compared with subjects with normal cognition,

*

P ≤ 0.05;

**

P ≤ 0.001;

***

P ≤ 0.0001 are shown for significance