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. 2020 Apr 23;22(4):e15376. doi: 10.2196/15376

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of study samples. A total of 4512 sets of neuropsychological tests from 2091 participants were included.

Characteristics Healthy control (n=3514) Alzheimer disease (n=555) Non-Alzheimer dementia (n=443)
Age at neuropsychological exam (years)

Mean (SD) 79 (6) 85 (6) 84 (6)

Range 70-101 70-103 70-97
Male, n (%) 1521 (43.3) 179 (32.3) 220 (49.7)
Highest level of education attaineda

High school and below, n (%)b 1491 (42.5) 358 (65.2) 241 (54.5)

Beyond high school, n (%)b 2019 (57.5) 191 (34.8) 201 (45.5)
ApoE4c allele

ApoE4(−), n (%)b 2794 (82.9) 346 (65.3) 327 (79.2)

ApoE4(+), n (%)b 575 (17.1) 184 (34.7) 86 (20.8)
Neuropsychological test scores, mean (SD)

Verbal memory


Logical Memory Immediate Recall 11.2 (3.7) 4.8 (3.8) 7.9 (3.9)


Logical Memory Delayed Recall 10.2 (3.9) 3.0 (4.0) 6.5 (4.1)


Logical Memory Recognition 9.4 (1.4) 7.1 (2.3) 8.5 (1.7)

Visual memory


Visual Reproductions Immediate Recall 7.1 (3.0) 3.1 (2.3) 4.0 (2.5)


Visual Reproductions Delayed Recall 6.1 (3.1) 1.6 (1.9) 2.7 (2.4)


Visual Reproductions Recognition 2.6 (1.1) 1.3 (1.1) 1.7 (1.1)

New learning


Paired Associate Learning Immediate Recall 12.8 (3.3) 8.4 (2.9) 9.9 (2.8)


Hard score of Paired Associate Learning Delayed Recall 2.0 (1.3) 0.5 (0.9) 1.0 (1.1)


Hard Score of Paired Associate Learning Immediate Recall 4.4 (3.0) 1.1 (1.7) 2.0 (2.0)

Abstract reasoning


Similarities Test 15.5 (3.9) 9.8 (5.0) 11.6 (4.7)

Language and naming


Boston Naming Test, 30-item Even Version 26.1 (3.4) 19.4 (5.9) 22.3 (5.4)

aValid education data (n): Healthy control (3510); Alzheimer disease (549); Non-Alzheimer dementia (442).

bValues were calculated based on the subset with valid data.

cApoE4: Apolipoprotein E4. Participants who did not consent to genetic analyses or with no ApoE4 information were excluded. Valid genetic data (n): Healthy control (3369); Alzheimer disease (530); Non-Alzheimer dementia (413).