Table 1.
Neuropsychological Protocol
Domain | Test | Range | NC** | MCI** | ||||
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Baseline | Last Visit† | p-value | Baseline | Last Visit† | p-value | |||
Global Cognition |
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) [52] |
0–30 | 28.9±1.4 | 28.5±2.2 | <0.001 | 26.9±2.6 | 24.3±5.3 | <0.001 |
Attention | Digit Span Forward [53] | 0–12 | 8.5±2.1 | 8.4±2.0 | <0.001 | 7.7±2.1 | 7.5±2.2 | <0.001 |
Information Processing Speed |
Digit Symbol [53] | 0–93 | 47.4±12.5 | 46.0±14.0 | <0.001 | 37.2±12.3 | 32.5±14.4 | <0.001 |
Trail Making Test Part A* [54] | 0–150 | 34.8±16.3 | 36.6±20.1 | <0.001 | 45.3±23.5 | 55.7±35.0 | <0.001 | |
Executive Functioning |
Trail Making Test Part B* [54] | 0–300 | 91.4±50.9 | 102±64.2 | <0.001 | 142.5±77.6 | 168.7±89.4 | <0.001 |
Digit Span Backward [53] | 0–12 | 6.8+2.3 | 6.7+2.3 | <0.001 | 5.7+2.1 | 5.2+2.2 | <0.001 | |
Language | Boston Naming Test-30 Item (BNT-30) [55] | 0–30 | 26.9±3.4 | 26.9±4.0 | 0.073 | 24.1±5.1 | 22.5±6.6 | <0.001 |
Animal Naming (Animals) [56] | n/a | 20.0±5.7 | 19.3±6.1 | <0.001 | 15.5±4.9 | 13.4±5.7 | <0.001 | |
Vegetable Naming (Vegetables) [57] | n/a | 14.8±4.2 | 14.1±4.7 | <0.001 | 11.0±3.9 | 9.3±4.6 | <0.001 | |
Episodic Memory |
Logical Memory Immediate Recall [53] | 0–25 | 13.5±3.9 | 14.1±4.5 | <0.001 | 8.9±4.2 | 7.7±5.1 | <0.001 |
Logical Memory Delayed Recall [53] | 0–25 | 12.2±4.2 | 13.1±5.0 | <0.001 | 6.4±4.6 | 5.7±5.4 | <0.001 |
Note.
lower scores denote better performance;
NC and MCI groups differ on all measures at baseline and last visit; p-values reflect within group changes from baseline to last visit;
for descriptive purposes only, the difference between last visit and baseline visit cognitive performance was compared; for hypothesis testing, generalized linear mixed models included neuropsychological data across all visits between the first and most recent (last) visit