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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2020 Jan 4;16(2):326–334. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.08.200

Table B.

Baseline olfactory and cognitive scores in the prediction of transition to dementia in 749 community-dwelling WHICAP study participants.

Age
quartile
(years)
Baseline Measure
impaired/intact
B-SIT 0-10 impaired, 11-12 intact
BOMC ≥ 6 impaired, 0-5 intact
B-SIT 0-8 impaired, 9-12 intact
BOMC ≥ 7 impaired, 0-6 intact
Transition to Dementia Transition to Dementia
No Yes No Yes
n % n % N % n %
All BOMC impaired 12 66.7 6 33.3 25 75.8 8 24.2
B-SIT impaired 428 90.7 44 9.3 258 85.2 45 14.9
Both impaired 87 61.3 55 38.7 40 50.6 39 49.4
Both intact 113 96.6 4 3.4 317 94.9 17 5.1
All 640 85.5 109 14.6 640 85.5 109 14.6
70-75 BOMC impaired 3 75.0 1 25 3 75.0 1 25
B-SIT impaired 119 93.0 9 7.0 57 89.1 7 10.9
Both impaired 12 66.7 6 33.3 7 63.6 4 36.4
Both intact 37 100.0 0 0 104 96.3 4 3.7
All 171 91.4 16 8.6 171 91.4 16 8.6
76-80 BOMC impaired 5 83.3 1 16.7 8 88.9 1 11.1
B-SIT impaired 117 92.1 10 7.9 65 84.4 12 15.6
Both impaired 21 65.6 11 34.4 10 55.6 8 44.4
Both intact 38 95 2 5 98 97.0 3 3.0
All 181 88.3 24 11.7 181 88.3 24 11.7
81-83 BOMC impaired 3 100.0 0 0.0 8 100.0 0 0.0
B-SIT impaired 80 88.9 10 11.1 55 82.1 12 17.9
Both impaired 31 67.4 15 32.6 17 63.0 10 37.0
Both intact 21 100.0 0 0 55 94.8 3 5.2
All 135 84.4 25 15.6 135 84.4 25 15.6
84-101 BOMC impaired 1 20.0 4 80.0 6 50.0 6 50.0
B-SIT impaired 112 88.2 15 11.8 81 85.3 14 14.7
Both impaired 23 50 23 50.0 6 26.1 17 73.9
Both intact 17 89.5 2 10.5 60 89.6 7 10.5
All 153 77.7 44 22.3 153 77.7 44 22.3

B-SIT: Brief Smell Identification Test, range 0-12, higher scores indicate better odor identification test performance, 0-10 impaired, 11-12 intact.

BOMC: Blessed Orientation Memory Concentration Test, range 0-28, higher scores indicate worse cognitive performance, ≥ 6 impaired, 0-5 intact