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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 C.

Baseline olfactory and cognitive scores in the prediction of cognitive decline in 724 community-dwelling WHICAP study participants.

Age
quartile
(years)
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
Cognitive Decline Cognitive Decline
No Yes No Yes
N % n % N % n %
All BOMC impaired 15 83.3 3 16.7 27 81.8 6 18.2
B-SIT only 365 79.0 97 21.0 221 75.7 71 24.3
Both Impaired 92 71.3 37 28.7 46 66.7 23 33.3
Both Intact 105 91.3 10 8.7 283 85.8 47 14.2
All 577 79.7 147 20.3 577 79.7 147 20.3
70-75 BOMC impaired 4 100.0 0 0 4 100.0 0 0.0
B-SIT impaired 112 88.2 15 11.8 54 85.7 9 14.3
Both impaired 8 50.0 8 50.0 4 40.0 6 60.0
Both intact 35 94.6 2 5.4 97 90.7 10 9.4
All 159 86.4 25 13.6 159 86.4 25 13.6
76-80 BOMC impaired 5 83.3 1 16.7 7 77.8 2 22.2
B-SIT impaired 100 80.0 25 20.0 55 73.3 20 26.7
Both impaired 26 83.9 5 16.1 16 94.1 1 5.9
Both intact 38 95.0 2 5.0 91 90.1 10 9.9
All 169 83.7 33 16.3 169 83.7 33 16.3
81-83 BOMC impaired 3 100.0 0 0.0 7 87.5 1 12.5
B-SIT impaired 60 69.0 27 31.0 44 68.8 20 31.3
Both impaired 31 77.5 9 22.5 16 72.7 6 27.3
Both intact 17 85.0 3 15.0 44 78.6 12 21.4
All 111 74.0 39 26.0 111 74.0 39 26.0
84-101 BOMC impaired 3 60.0 2 40.0 9 75.0 3 25.0
B-SIT impaired 93 75.6 30 24.4 68 75.6 22 24.4
Both impaired 27 64.3 15 35.7 10 50.0 10 50.0
Both intact 15 83.3 3 16.7 51 77.3 15 22.7
All 138 73.4 50 26.6 138 73.4 50 26.6

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