Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and healthy control (HC) subjects.
| Variable | HC (n=20) |
AD (n=20) |
p-value a |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean±SD | 73.3±5.1 | 75.6±5.5 | 0.314 |
| Gender, n (%) | 0.744b | ||
| Male | 8 (40.0) | 7 (35.0) | |
| Female | 12 (60.0) | 13 (65.0) | |
| MMSE score, mean±SD | 26.2±3.1 | 18.5±2.3 | <0.001 |
| Disease duration (months), range | - | 2–8 | - |
| Education, n (%) | 0.687 b | ||
| <5 years | 3 (15.0) | 5 (25.0) | |
| 5–13 years | 8 (40.0) | 8 (40.0) | |
| >13 years | 9 (45.0) | 7 (35.0) |
a
t-test for unpaired data;
b
Chi-squared test AD patients vs. HC subject.