Table 5. Cross-sectional analyses⁺ (based on NP Exam at 8±1 (Time 1), 5±1 (Time 2) and 3±1 (Time 3) years prior to death).

	TIME 1	TIME 2	TIME 3
N [AD, C]	15 [9, 6]	29 [15, 14]	30 [11, 19]
FAS	0.63 ± 5.34	-0.33 ± 5.02	-13.25 ± 6.12*
FAS15	-2.02 ± 1.58	-1.32 ± 1.89	-6.19 ± 2.41*
BNT	0.36 ± 0.35	0.35 ± 0.26	0.94 ± 0.23***
CTP Words	-0.31 ± 0.29	-0.60 ± 0.39	-1.06 ± 0.38*
CTP Time	-0.04 ± 0.38	0.003 ± 0.25	-0.59 ± 0.31
CTP Target Words Core	0.62 ± 0.15 **	0.21 ± 0.15	0.32 ± 0.19
CTP Time per Word	0.26 ± 0.24	0.66 ± 0.45	0.47 ± 0.30
CTP Target Words Full	-4.70 ± 0.79 **	-3.41 ± 1.58 *	-3.22 ± 1.81

AD: participants with Alzheimer's disease; C: comparison group; FAS: Total number of correct words; FAS15: Number of correct words in 15 seconds; BNT: Total number of correct words; CTP words: Total number of words for the Cookie Theft picture; CTP Time: Time in seconds for the CTP; CTP Target Words Core: Number of Target words for the CTP; CTP Time per Word: Time by number of Target words; CTP Target Words Full: Number of Target words plus additional words.

⁺Adjusted for age, gender, and education.

^*= p < .05,

^**= p < .01,

^***p < .001.