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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aphasiology. 2013 Mar 7;27(7):10.1080/02687038.2012.757760. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2012.757760

Table 1.

Demographic data for early- and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease groups and healthy control participants.

Participant Group Age (years) Gender Education (years) Years Post- Diagnosis MMSE Score Word Count
Early-onset AD 45 Female 12 3 7 235
53 Male 11 3 16 314
55 Female 12 3 13 390
56 Female 16 3 20 465
60 Female 13 4 17 305
Early-onset AD Mean (and SD) 53.80 (5.54) - 12.80 (1.92) 3.20 (0.44) 14.60 (4.92)

Late-onset AD 81 Female 12 3 16 1090
82 Male 12 5 20 584
84 Female 8 1.5 20 652
86 Female 8 4 18 466
89 Female 8 3 18 876
91 Male 8 3.5 20 935
Late-onset AD Mean (and SD) 85.50 (3.94) - 9.33 (2.07) 3.33 (1.17) 18.67 (1.63)

Healthy Control 46 Female 18 - - 362
56 Male 12 - - 519
61 Male 16 - - 431
77 Male 16 - - 242
78 Female 18 - - 1027
Healthy Control Mean (and SD) 63.60 (13.79) - 16.00 (2.45) - -

Note: MMSE scores range from 0 to 30 with “normal” being 24–30, mild cognitive impairment ranging from 20 to 23, moderate cognitive impairment between 10 and 19 and severe cognitive impairment ranging from 0 to 9.