Table 1.
Comparison of demographic data and complaints of cognitive difficulties between the group of healthy individuals (controls) and the group of people mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild/moderate dementia (cases).
| Controls N = 66 | MCI+ N = 15 | Mild dementia N = 25 | Moderate dementia N = 22 | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age∗ | 72.95 (7.63) | 73.27 (8.78) | 70.36 (7.39) | 74.45 (7.67) | 0.316 | |
| Gender∗∗ | F | 54 (81.8) | 11 (73.3) | 17 (68.0) | 16 (72.7) | 0.512 |
| M | 12 (18.1) | 4 (26.6) | 8 (32.0) | 6 (27.2) | ||
| Schooling∗∗ | None | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (8) | 2 (9.1) | 0.199 |
| Primary school education | 53 (80.3) | 13 (86.7) | 16 (64) | 17 (77.3) | ||
| High school education | 7 (10.6) | 2 (13.3) | 5 (20) | 3 (13.6) | ||
| College and/or graduate school | (9.1) | 0 (0) | 2 (8) | 0 (0) | ||
| Social Class∗∗ | A | 4 (6.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.522 |
| B | 20 (30.3) | 3 (20) | 5 (20) | 5 (22.7) | ||
| C | 39 (59.1) | 12 (80) | 19 (76) | 17 (77.3) | ||
| D | 3 (4.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | ||
| Complaint of cognitive difficulty∗∗ | Yes | 24 (36.3) | 9 (60.0) | 20 (80.0) | 20 (90.9) | <0.001 |
| No | 42 (63.6) | 6 (40.0) | 5 (20.0) | 2 (9.0) | ||
| Antidepressant use∗∗ | Yes | 7 (10.6) | 3 (20.0) | 3 (12.0) | 2 (9.0) | 0.748 |
| No | 59 (89.3) | 12 (80.0) | 22 (88.0) | 20 (90.9) |
MCI+, Mild Cognitive Impairment. ∗ANOVA – results presented as mean and standard deviation. ∗∗Chi-square – results presented as n (%).