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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;64(4):1137–1148. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180016

Table 1:

Characteristics of the study population among low and high risk groups

Characteristics Low Risk Group
N=15
High Risk Group
N=14
p
Age in years, Mean (SD) 66.7 (2.5) 65.1 (4.0) 0.22
Sex (N, % male) 3 (20.0) 3 (21.4) 0.99
Race (N, % White) 10 (66.7) 12 (85.7) 0.39
Education (N, % completed college) 13 (86.7) 14 (100.0) 0.48
MoCA Score, Mean (SD) 27.5 (1.6) 28.3 (1.5) 0.19

Risk group determined by genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease; all individuals in the high risk group carry an APOE ε4 allele. MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Central tendencies of age, education, and MoCA score were compared with t tests, and chi-squared tests were employed to compare sex and race.