Table 2.
Cognitive, personality and cortisol profile of the studied population.
MMSE score (0–30) (m ±SD) | 29.2 ± 1.6 |
CDRSOB median (P25;P75) | 0.5 (1.0; 1.5) |
CDR score, n(%) | |
0 | 291 (45.3) |
0.5 | 352 (54.7) |
QPC, subjective cognitive decline present, n(%) | 42 (21.0) |
DMT (m ±SD) | |
Immediate recall (0–16) | 15.8 ± 1.1 |
Total free recall (0–48) | 29.8 ± 6.9 |
Total cued recall (0–48)∗ | 18.0 ± 9.2 |
Identification (0–16) | 15.9 ± 0.4 |
Recognition (0–48) | 44.8 ± 9.4 |
Delayed free recall (0–16) | 11.6 ± 2.6 |
Delayed cued recall (0–16)∗ | 4.9 ± 3.7 |
DO40 picture-naming test (0–40) (m ±SD) | 39.7 ± 1.2 |
Semantic verbal fluency (m ±SD) | 29.5 ± 8.1 |
Phonemic verbal fluency (m ±SD) | 20.9 ± 7.8 |
Stroop test, correct items (m ±SD) | 23.9 ± 0.6 |
Stroop dots condition (0–24) | 23.9 ± 0.6 |
Stroop words condition (0–24) | 23.9 ± 0.4 |
Stroop interference condition (0–24) | 23.2 ± 1.9 |
CERAD figures (0–11) (m ±SD) | 10.5 ± 1.0 |
NEO-FFI | |
Neuroticism (0–48) (m ±SD) | 17.3 ± 6.7 |
Extraversion (0–48) (m ±SD) | 27.3 ± 6.0 |
Openness (0–48) (m ±SD) | 29.0 ± 5.6 |
Agreeableness (0–48) (m ±SD) | 33.8 ± 5.1 |
Consciousness (0–48) (m ±SD) | 34.6 ± 5.4 |
Cortisol AUC, in μmol.h/L (m ±SD) | 0.28 ± 0.11 |
CAR, in nmol/L, median (P25;P75) | 6.3 (-0.5; 12.7) |
m, mean; SD, standard deviation; CDR, Clinical Dementia Rating; CDRSOB, Clinical Dementia Rating Sum Of Boxes; QPC, Cognitive Complaint Questionnaire; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; DMT, Grober and Buschke Double Memory Test; DO40: CERAD, Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease; NEO Five-Factor Inventory; AUC, Area Under the Curve; CAR, Cortisol Awakening Response.
∗Cued recall scores refer to the number of additional items recalled with cues after the free recall step.