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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;65(3):1011–1027. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180083

Table 4.

Results of ANCOVA with Tukey’s HSD post-hoc comparisons: average informant ratings by diagnostic group

Comparison Group Mean Diff p
Item 1: Remembering the name of a person just introduced to him/her
HOA naMCI −0.151 0.999
aMCI-SD −0.470 0.002*
aMCI-MD −0.493 <0.001*
AD −1.105 <0.001*
DLB −1.073 <0.001*
FTD −1.255 <0.001*
naMCI aMCI-SD −0.319 0.999
aMCI-MD −0.343 0.785
AD −0.954 <0.001*
DLB −0.922 0.001*
FTD −1.104 <0.001*
MCI-SD MCI-MD −0.024 0.999
AD −0.635 <0.001*
DLB −0.603 0.096
FTD −0.785 0.003
MCI-MD AD −0.611 <0.001*
DLB −0.579 0.089
FTD −0.762 0.002*
AD DLB 0.032 0.999
FTD −1.50 0.999
DLB FTD −0.182 0.999
Item 2: Recalling telephone numbers or zip codes that he/she uses on a daily or weekend basis.
HOA naMCI −0.147 0.999
aMCI-SD −0.376 0.021*
aMCI-MD −0.371 0.003*
AD −1.222 <0.001*
DLB −1.295 <0.001*
FTD −1.108 <0.001*
naMCI aMCI-SD −0.229 0.999
aMCI-MD −0.224 0.999
AD −1.075 <0.001*
DLB −1.147 0.001*
FTD −0.961 <0.001*
MCI-SD MCI-MD 0.005 0.999
AD −0.846 <0.001*
DLB −0.919 <0.001*
FTD −0.732 0.007*
MCI-MD AD −0.851 <0.001*
DLB −0.923 <0.001*
FTD −0.737 0.003*
AD DLB −0.073 0.999
FTD 0.114 0.999
DLB FTD 0.187 0.999
Item 3: Recalling where he/she put objects (such as keys) in his/her home or office.
HOA naMCI −0.080 0.999
aMCI-SD −0.495 0.001*
aMCI-MD −0.427 0.001*
AD −1.094 <0.001*
DLB −1.0–77 <0.001*
FTD −0.864 <0.001*
naMCI aMCI-SD −0.415 0.474
aMCI-MD −0.347 0.876
AD −1.103 <0.001*
DLB −0.977 0.001*
FTD −0.784 0.017*
MCI-SD MCI-MD 0.068 0.999
AD −0.599 <0.001*
DLB −0.582 0.167
FTD −0.369 0.999
MCI-MD AD −0.667 <0.001*
DLB −0.650 0.041*
FTD −0.437 0.668
AD DLB 0.017 0.999
FTD 0.230 0.999
DLB FTD 0.213 0.999
Item 4: Remembering specific facts from a newspaper or magazine article he/she just finished reading.
aMCI-SD −0.333 0.098
aMCI-MD −0.503 <0.001*
AD −1.169 <0.001*
DLB −0.894 <0.001*
FTD −1.127 <0.001*
naMCI aMCI-SD −0.241 0.999
aMCI-MD −0.410 0.288
AD −1.076 <0.001*
DLB −0.802 0.011
FTD −1.034 0.001*
MCI-SD MCI-MD −0.170 0.999
AD −0.835 <0.001*
DLB −0.561 0.168
FTD −0.794 0.003*
MCI-MD AD −0.665 <0.001*
DLB −0.391 0.999
FTD −0.624 0.032*
AD DLB 0.274 0.999
FTD 0.041 0.999
DLB FTD −0.233 0.999
Item 5: Remembering the item(s) he/she intends to buy when he/she arrives at the grocery store or pharmacy.
HOA naMCI −0.177 0.999
aMCI-SD −0.612 <0.001*
aMCI-MD −0.400 0.001*
AD −1.080 <0.001*
DLB −0.951 <0.001*
FTD −0.764 0.001*
naMCI aMCI-SD −0.435 0.251
aMCI-MD −0.224 0.999
AD −0.904 <0.001*
DLB −0.774 0.017*
FTD −0.588 0.171
MCI-SD MCI-MD 0.212 0.999
AD −0.468 0.002*
DLB −0.339 0.999
FTD −0.152 0.999
Item 6: In general, how would you describe your partner’s memory as compared to how it was in high school
MCI-MD AD −0.680 <0.001*
DLB −0.551 0.147
FTD −0.364 0.999
AD DLB 0.129 0.999
FTD 0.316 0.999
DLB FTD 0.187 0.999
HOA naMCI −0.257 0.999
aMCI-SD −0.312 0.999
aMCI-MD −0.537 0.001*
AD −1.309 <0.001*
DLB −1.013 0.004*
FTD −1.181 0.027*
naMCI aMCI-SD −0.056 0.999
aMCI-MD −0.281 0.999
AD −1.052 <0.001*
DLB −0.756 0.248
FTD −0.924 0.419
MCI-SD MCI-MD −0.225 0.999
AD −0.996 <0.001*
DLB −0.700 0.394
FTD −0.869 0.580
MCI-MD AD −0.771 <0.001*
DLB −0.475 0.999
FTD −0.644 0.999
AD DLB 0.296 0.999
FTD 0.128 0.999
DLB FTD −0.168 0.999

HOA, healthy older adults (cognitively intact); naMCI, nonamnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI); aMCI-SD, amnestic MCI, single domain; aMCI-MD, amnestic MCI, multiple domain; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; FTD, frontotemporal dementia.

*

significant at p < 0.05.