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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2017;55(4):1497–1507. doi: 10.3233/JAD-160842

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, clinical, cognitive and olfactory performance scores for HOA, MCI, and AD

HOA MCI AD
n 292 174 262
Age, mean (SD) in years 70.96 (8.74) 72.46 (8.57) 75.18 (8.22)*
Sex, n
 Male 89 82* 98
 Female 203 92* 164
Race, n
 White 180 122* 201*
 African American 97 38* 35*
 Other 15 14* 26*
Education, mean (SD) in years 15.62 (2.96) 15.02 (3.61) 14.10 (3.83)*
Clinical Dementia Rating, mean (SD)§ 0.02 (0.10) 0.47 (0.15)* 0.81 (0.41)*
Functional Rating Scale, mean (SD) 0.54 (1.27) 5.00 (4.15)* 13.59 (7.16)*
Geriatric Depression Scale, mean (SD)# 0.94 (1.69) 2.24 (2.61)* 2.50 (2.68)*
MoCA, mean (SD) 25.98 (2.74) 21.32 (3.97)* 15.27 (5.24)*
Sniffin’ Sticks Test, mean (SD) 12.43 (2.53) 9.94 (3.28)* 7.82 (3.46)*
CERAD-NB, mean (SD)** 84.29 (8.81) 66.07 (10.55)* 47.84 (14.30)*

HOA, healthy older adults; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; AD, Alzheimer’s disease,

*

p<0.05 difference from HOA;

p<0.05 difference from AD;

p<0.05 difference from MCI,

§

Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR): n = HOA (285), MCI (155), AD (228),

Functional Rating Scale (FRS): n = HOA (268), MCI (168), AD (259),

#

Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS): n = HOA (285), MCI (160), AD (227),

**

CERAD-NB: n = HOA (292), MCI (174), AD (256),

††

HOA, MCI, and AD: HOA and MCI were younger and attained higher levels of education than AD. The proportion of females was higher in the HOA than in the MCI group. HOA, AD, and MCI groups included more Caucasians than African Americans and more African Americans than other races. As expected, there were systematic group differences in overall neuropsychological function and clinical ratings: CERAD-NB, MoCA, CDR, FRS, and GDS. In addition, the CDR, FRS, and GDS were administered to many individuals.