TABLE 3.
Demographic characteristics of older adults with neurodegenerative disorders
| Neurodegenerative Disorder Subgroup | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Overall | SCI | MCI | V-MCI | AD | PD | PD-MCI | PDD | LBD | FTD | Mixed | |
| Group Size (n) | 150 | 24 | 64 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Women | |||||||||||
| N (%) | 69 (46) | 18 (75) | 35 (55) | 1 (17) | 4 (19) | 2 (25) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 2 (29) | 2 (67) | 4 (50) |
| Age (years) | |||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 73.6 (7.0) | 68.3 (5.5) | 73.6 (6.7) | 79.3 (3.0) | 76.3 (7.3) | 66.7 (6.0) | 74.6 (6.6) | 80.0 (2.6) | 75.3 (4.9) | 70.9 (7.3) | 80.7 (3.7) |
| Education (years) | |||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 15.6 (3.4) | 17.2 (3.3) | 15.5 (3.1) | 17.3 (5.0) | 15.2 (2.8) | 14.8 (3.0) | 15.0 (2.7) | 15.0 (2.6) | 13.4 (5.8) | 16.0 (3.5) | 14.4 (3.9) |
| MoCA | |||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 23.1 (4.5) | 27.2 (2.1) | 24.0 (3.1) | 24.3 (3.6) | 19.1 (3.3) | 27.8 (1.2) | 22.2 (2.6) | 17.7 (7.1) | 17.0 (3.5) | 20.7 (6.0) | 17.5 (3.3) |
| Gait Speed (m/s) | |||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 1.0a (0.3) | 0.9 (0.2) | 0.9a (0.2) | 0.9 (0.1) | 1.1 (0.3) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.2) | 1.3 (0.1) | 1.2 (0.6) | 0.9 (0.2) | 1.2 (0.2) |
| Hoehn & Yahr Stage | |||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | - | - | - | - | - | 1.9 (0.4) | 1.8 (1.0) | 2.5 (0.7) | 2.3 (0.8) | - | - |
a
Data unavailable for 2 MCI.
SCI = subjective cognitive impairment; MCI = mild cognitive impairment; V-MCI = subcortical ischemic vascular mild cognitive impairment; AD = Alzheimer’s disease; PD = Parkinson’s disease; PD-MCI = Parkinson’s disease with mild cognitive impairment; PDD = Parkinson’s disease with dementia; FTD = frontotemporal dementia; Mixed = dementia of mixed etiology; SD = standard deviation.