Table 1. Demographic and neuropsychological assessments of participants.
AD (n = 20) | aMCI-m (n = 22) | aMCI-s (n = 29) | Normal controls (n = 23) | P Value | |
Age, mean (SD), y | 70.84 (9.51) | 71.09 (8.41) | 71.21 (6.48) | 64.61 (9.32) c | 0.019* |
Sex, males/females | 9/11 | 12/10 | 15/14 | 10/13 | 0.81# |
Education, mean (SD), y | 7.47 (4.02) a | 10.32 (3.72) | 8.14 (3.89) a | 11.43 (3.38) | 0.002* |
AVLT scores, mean (SD) | 12.68 (7.52) abc | 29.50 (11.12) a | 27.31 (5.87) a | 48.96 (9.07) | < 0.001* |
BNT scores, mean (SD) | 12.63 (6.78) abc | 23.36 (2.15) ac | 27.79 (1.35) | 29.26 (0.86) | < 0.001* |
TMT scores, mean (SD) | 259.79 (48.37) abc | 114.09 (29.88) ac | 79.52 (23.35) | 71.04 (36.52) | < 0.001* |
MMSE scores, mean (SD) | 16.58 (7.49) abc | 24.45 (4.04) a | 24.07 (3.47) a | 28.61 (1.50) | < 0.001* |
MoCa scores, mean (SD) | 12.11 (5.72) abc | 20.36 (4.47) a | 19.45 (4.24) a | 26.65 (1.92) | < 0.001* |
CDT, (0, 1, 2, 3) | 0 = 6, 1 = 7, 2 = 7 abc | 1 = 6, 2 = 9, 3= 7 ac | 2 = 5, 3 = 24 | 2 = 2, 3 = 21 | < 0.001# |
CDR, (0, 0.5, 1-2) | 0.5 = 1, 1-2 = 19 abc | 0.5 = 22 a | 0.5 = 29 a | 0 = 23 | < 0.001# |
Note: One-way ANOVA and Chi-square analyses were applied to test for group differences, statistical significance level was set at P < 0.05 (two-tailed). Significant P-values were in bold. Superscript letters indicated whether group mean was significantly worse than healthy controls (a), aMCI-m group (b) and aMCI-s group (c), based on post hoc pairwise comparisons (Bonferroni corrected P < 0.05). * The p value was obtained using One-way ANOVA. # The p value was obtained using Chi-square test with multiple comparison. Abbreviations: AVLT: Auditory Verbal Learning Test; BNT: Boston Naming Test; TMT: Trail-Making Test; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; MoCa: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; CDT: Clock-Drawing Test; CDR: Clinical Dementia Rating; AD: Alzheimer's disease; aMCI-m: Multiple-Domain Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment; aMCI-s: Single-Domain Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment.