Table 1. Comparison of subject characteristics of MCI converters (converters), MCI non-converters (non-converters) and healthy controls (HC) at baseline.
| HC | Converters | Non-converters | p-value1 | |
| Number (n) | n = 28 | n = 13 | n = 14 | |
| mean±SD | mean±SD | mean±SD | ||
| Age, years | 72.2±7.1 | 73.3±6.7 | 72.8±7.8 | 0.552 |
| Gender, n (female %) | 16 (57.1) | 9 (69.2) | 8 (57.2) | 0.192 |
| Education, years | 9.5±3.7 | 10.3±4.5 | 9.6±2.8 | 0.392 |
| Mean follow-up, month | 19.1±8.1 | 19.3±7.1 | 19.1±7.7 | 0.865 |
| ApoE4 carrier, n (%) | 8 (28.6) | 4 (30.8) | 6 (42.9) | 0.921 |
| Amnestic MCI, n (%) | --- | 7 (49.0) | 6 (42.9) | 0.6982 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 1 | 2 (9.7) | 2 (25.9) | 0.425 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 19 | 10 (71) | 11 (70.4) | 0.420 |
| Hyperlipidemia, n (%) | 4 | 1 (16.1) | 3 (22.2) | 0.814 |
P-values were determined by 1Analysis of variance (ANOVA), 2student’s independent t-test, SD = standard deviation.