Table 1.

Participants summary of the present study

	Normal control	MCI due to AD	AD patients
No. of subjects	n = 100	n = 60	n = 99
Female gender	60%	43%	56%
Age (y)	80.0±3.9	80.9±3.7	81.9±3.9
MMSE	28.6±1.5	26.0±2.5**	18.4±4.9**,# #

Data are expressed mean±SD. ^**p < 0.01 versus control, ^##p < 0.01 versus MCI.