Table 2.

Demographic and schooling features of the 52 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD); the 45 patients considered as having mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the 39 healthy control individuals (CG).

		MCI	AD	CG	p
Age years (range)		76.60±7.06 (63-92)	77.92±6.97 (64-91)	71.82±6.89 (60-89)	0.185*
Gender (%)	Female	27 (60)	33 (63.5%)	29 (74.4%)	0.358 **
	Male	18 (40)	19 (36.5%)	10 (25.6%)
Schooling	5 to 8 years	23 (51.1%)	21 (40.4%)	12 (30.8%)	0.040**
	> 9 years	22 (48.9%)	31 (59.6%)	27 (69.2%)

^*p: Kruskal-Wallis;

^**p: Chi-square test.