Table 1.

Demographics and neuropsychological characteristics.

	Control	AD	P
N	27	35
Age(mean ± SD)	69.4 ± 6.7	71.8 ± 9.8	0.264
Sex(M/F)	15/13	12/23	0.124
MMSE score
(Mean ± SD)	28.9 ± 1.0	19.3 ± 4.7	<0.001
CDR	–	1.3 ± 0.5	–
FD(mean ± SD)	0.27 ± 0.24	0.35 ± 0.30	0.220
DVARS(mean ± SD)	26.2 ± 9.1	30.52 ± 12.00	0.112

According to two-sample t-test, no significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed in age or gender between the two groups. Significant differences were noted in MMSE scores between the two groups (p < 0.001). AD, patients with Alzheimer’s disease; NC, normal controls; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; CDR, Clinical Dementia Rate; FD, framewise displacement.