Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients and Control Subjects

Diagnosis	Total			MCI		Dementia
	Number	Male/Female	Ages Mean±S.D (range)	number	MMSE Scores Mean±S.E.M	number	MMSE Scores Mean±S.E.M
AD	57	30/27	79.5±6.05 (64–90)	29	27.6±0.30	28	22.9±1.02**
AC	57	30/27	79.6±6.03 (64–90)	0		0
				Mild Dementia		Moderate Dementia
FTD	16	12/4	63.1±8.79 (48–79)	9	26.7±0.73	7	15.0±3.65*
FTC	16	12/4	63.7±7.43 (48–79)	0		0

The significance of differences in values between the MCI/Mild Dementia and Dementia/Moderate Dementia groups were calculated by an unpaired t test;

^*p<0.01 and

^**p<0.001.

MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination.