Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants who completed the study [35]

Characteristic	Controls	Adults w/ MCI
Agea	67.8 ± 2.3	70.2 ± 2.3
Years of Education	16.9 ± 0.69	15.6 ± 0.69
%Female	61.5	63.6
% Male	38.5	36.4
MMSE Scorea	29.1 ± 0.33	27.9 ± 0.64
Story recall scoreb	55.6 ± 12.2	42.8 ± 15.7
Depression Scalec	3.9 ± 1.10	5.09 ± 1.36

GHRH, growth hormone–releasing hormone; IGF-1, insulinlike growth factor 1; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; MMSE, Mini-Mental Status Examination (maximum score, 30).

^ap < 0.05 (baseline difference by diagnosis).

^bImmediate + delayed memory score on Story Recall, a test of verbal memory for thematic information (maximum score, 80).

^cSelf report measurement of depression in older adults. A score >5 points is suggestive of depression. A score ≥10 points is almost always indicative of depression. A score >5 points should warrant a follow-up comprehensive assessment.