Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the subject groups.

Group	NC	AD	P-values
Number	27	20
Male/female	10/17	11/9	0.25a
Age (years)	73.2 (63–84)	71.6 (53–81)	0.46b
Education (years)	10.5 (4–16)	11.0 (8–16)	0.46b
MMSE score	28.7 (23–30)	23.2 (15–30)	<0.0001b

Abbreviations: NC, Cognitively Normal Control; AD, Alzheimer’s Disease. MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination score. Except for the first two rows, values are given as mean (range). ^aFisher’s exact test. ^bANOVA.