Table 1.
Demographic and psychometric data – means (SDs) - as a function of group.
Healthy middle-aged | Healthy older adults | AD individuals | ||||
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N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | |
Age (years) | 270 | 61.79 (5.84) | 282 | 76.58 (5.27) | 77 | 76.08 (7.17) |
Education (years) | 261 | 16.13 (2.52) | 269 | 15.40 (2.68) | 71 | 15.55 (2.88) |
MMSE | 236 | 29.32 (.92) | 267 | 28.86 (1.45) | 71 | 24.92 (3.53) |
SRT - Free Recall | 229 | 32.89 (5.19) | 259 | 31.42 (6.16) | 52 | 16.17 (9.44) |
SRT - Total Recall | 229 | 47.90 (.32) | 259 | 47.76 (.64) | 52 | 40.58 (9.17) |
Reading Span | 179 | 8.04 (2.76) | 178 | 6.35 (2.26) | 50 | 4.52 (1.98) |
Note: MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; SRT = Selective Reminding Test. Higher scores indicate better performance.