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. 2019 Dec 26;11:109. doi: 10.1186/s13195-019-0565-1

Table 2.

Means and standard deviations by symptomatic diagnostic group (subjective cognitive decline or mild cognitive impairment), sex, and Aβ/P-tau status for demographics; memory and global cognitive scores, hippocampal and total intracranial volumes; and number of APOE ε4 carriers

Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
Men Women Men Women
Aβ/P-tau+ Aβ/P-tau− Aβ/P-tau+ Aβ/P-tau− Aβ/P-tau+ Aβ/P-tau− Aβ/P-tau+ Aβ/P-tau−
(N = 34) (N = 51) (N = 25) (N = 76) (N = 74) (N = 75) (N = 63) (N = 34)
Age 72.59 (5.37) a,b 70.22 (5.46) a,b 70.63 (4.84) a,b 69.78 (5.69) a,b 72.35 (5.13) a 69.59 (5.74) a 71.37 (4.88) a 69.76 (5.52) a
Education 11.71 (3.84) a 13.00 (3.59) a 11.60 (3.33) a 11.97 (3.30) a 11.62 (3.49) a 10.71 (3.48) a 11.44 (3.07) a 10.47 (3.13) a
ADAS Delayed Word Recall Omissions (/10) 4.12 (1.89) 3.38 (1.89) 5.06 (3.02) 4.73 (2.80) 6.91 (2.06) a 5.92 (2.10) a 7.43 (1.81) a 5.24 (2.69) a
MMSE total score 28.35 (1.54) 28.92 (1.29) 27.88 (1.88) 27.74 (1.73) 26.65 (1.67) 27.56 (1.85) 26.84 (1.79) 27.62 (1.88)
Total intracranial volume 1.7 × 106 (1.1 × 105) 1.7 × 106 (1.3 × 105) 1.5 × 106 (1.1 × 105) 1.5 × 106 (1.2 × 105) 1.7 × 106 (1.3 × 105) 1.7 × 106 (1.4 × 105) 1.5 × 106 (1.2 × 105) 1.5 × 106 (1.2 × 105)
Total hippocampal volume 7.2 × 103 (1.1 × 103) 7.7 × 103 (1.3 × 103) 6.8 × 103 (1.3 × 103) 6.7 × 103 (1.1 × 103) 6.7 × 103 (1.1 × 103) 7.2 × 103 (1.3 × 103) 6.1 × 103 (1.0 × 103) 6.6 × 103 (1.2 × 103)
APOE ε4 carriers 21 a 14 a 17 a 21 a 55 a 20 a 46 a 6 a

Abbreviations: Aβ/P-tau+ amyloid beta/P-tau positive, ADAS Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale, APOE apolipoprotein E, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination

aDiffers by Aβ/P-tau+ within diagnostic group, p < 0.05

bDiffers by sex within diagnostic group, p < 0.05

Significant differences in these variables by Aβ/P-tau status and sex within each diagnostic group are indicated by superscript