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. 2020 Jun 22;77(9):1–11. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.1840

Table. Characteristics of the Primary (Device 2) Cohort.

Characteristic No. (%)
Blinded phase Open-label phase
Placebo Insulin Total Placebo Insulin Total
Participants, No. 119 121 240 104 106 210
Sex
Male 61 (51.3) 62 (51.2) 123 (51.3) 53 (51.0) 57 (53.8) 110 (52.4)
Female 58 (48.7) 59 (48.8) 117 (48.7) 51 (49.0) 49 (46.2) 100 (47.6)
Age, mean (SD), y 71.1 (6.8) 70.5 (7.4) 70.8 (7.1) 71.0 (7.0) 70.3 (7.3) 70.7 (7.2)
Education, mean (SD), y 16.3 (2.9) 16.1 (2.6) 16.2 (2.8) 16.4 (2.8) 16.1 (2.7) 16.3 (2.8)
Race
American Indian or Alaskan native 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asian 4 (3.4) 1 (0.8) 5 (2.1) 4 (3.8) 1 (0.9) 5 (2.4)
Black 6 (5.0) 3 (2.5) 9 (3.7) 4 (3.8) 2 (1.9) 6 (2.8)
White 109 (91.6) 117 (96.7) 226 (94.2) 96 (92.3) 103 (97.2) 199 (94.8)
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino 5 (4.2) 5 (4.1) 10 (4.2) 2 (1.9) 3 (2.8) 5 (2.4)
Not Hispanic or Latino 113 (95.0) 116 (95.9) 229 (95.4) 101 (97.1) 103 (97.2) 204 (97.1)
Unknown or not reported 1 (0.8) 0 1 (0.4) 1 (1.0) 0 1 (0.5)
Diagnosis
AD 73 (61.3) 80 (66.1) 153 (63.8) 63 (60.6) 71 (67.0) 134 (63.8)
MCI 46 (38.7) 41 (33.9) 87 (36.2) 41 (39.4) 35 (33.0) 76 (36.2)
AD medications
No 75 (63.0) 70 (57.9) 145 (60.4) 69 (66.3) 59 (55.7) 128 (61.0)
Yes 44 (37.0) 51 (42.1) 95 (39.6) 35 (33.7) 47 (44.3) 82 (39.0)
APOE ε4 carriage status
No 42 (35.3) 42 (34.7) 84 (35.0) 39 (37.5) 34 (32.1) 73 (34.8)
Yes 77 (64.7) 79 (65.3) 156 (65.0) 65 (62.5) 72 (67.9) 137 (65.2)
Baseline ADAS-cog-12 score, mean (SD) 24.73 (7.56) 25.91 (8.28) 25.33 (7.94) 24.07 (7.30) 25.34 (8.25) 24.71 (7.80)
Screening MMSE score, mean (SD) 24.84 (2.72) 24.79 (2.75) 24.82 (2.73) 24.93 (2.73) 24.95 (2.70) 24.94 (2.71)
Baseline NPI score, mean (SD) 6.67 (9.59) 7.06 (7.69) 6.86 (8.68) 6.47 (9.91) 7.17 (7.90) 6.81 (8.96)
Baseline ADL-MCI score, mean (SD) 39.77 (7.07) 39.17 (7.77) 39.46 (7.42) 40.19 (6.85) 39.09 (7.94) 39.64 (7.42)
Screening CDR-SB score, mean (SD) 3.35 (1.51) 3.59 (1.51) 3.47 (1.51) 3.31 (1.53) 3.56 (1.45) 3.44 (1.49)

Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer disease; ADAS-cog-12, Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale–cognitive subscale 12; ADL-MCI, Activities of Daily Living Scale for Mild Cognitive Impairment; APOE ε4, apolipoprotein E ε4 allele; CDR-SB, Clinical Dementia Rating scale Sum of Boxes; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; NPI, Neuropsychiatric Inventory.