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. 2020 Jul 29;20:258. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01645-1

Table 1.

Overview of Participant Characteristics and Test Resultsi

Characteristic Total Sample (N = 464) Dementia Disorders (n = 86) MCI (n = 135) SCI (n = 77) Healthy Controls (n = 166)
Age, years, mean +/− SD 71 +/− 10 76 +/−  8 73 +/−  9 67 +/−  9 70 +/− 11
(Min.-max.) (39–94) (55–94) (49–91) (39–85) (50–91)
Female, n (%) 217 (47) 37 (43) 59 (44) 36 (47) 85 (51)
Married or cohabiting, n (%) 317 (68) 60 (70) 88 (65) 51 (66) 118 (71)
University educated, n (%) 241 (52) 32 (37) 55 (41) 33 (43) 121 (73)
Clinical Cognitive Test Resulta
 MMSE, score 28 (25–29) 22 (20–25) 26 (24–28) 29 (28–30) 29 (29–30)
 Clock Drawing testb, score 7 (6–7) 4 (2–6) 7 (6–7) 7 (7–7) 7 (7–7)
 Verbal Fluency testc, score 19 (13–24) 11 (8–14) 15 (12–19) 21 (17–25) 24 (20–29)
 TMT Ad, passede, n (%) 441 (97) 73 (87) 131 (99) 72 (100) 165 (99)
 TMT Bf, passede, n (%) 305 (68) 12 (15) 70 (53) 68 (92) 155 (93)
TUG Test Results
 TUG single-task, s 11.5 (9.9–14.0) 14.9 (12.5–16.9) 12.6 (11.0–14.8) 10.9 (9.7–12.4) 10.1 (9.0–11.4)
  (Min.-max.) (6.1–29.9) (7.9–28.5) (7.4–29.9) (7.9–26.5) (6.1–24.1)
 TUGdt NAg, s 13.2 (10.7–16.1) 16.7 (13.7–20.2) 13.9 (11.8–16.7) 12.1 (10.6–15.0) 11.0 (9.8–13.8)
  (Min.-max.) (5.8–40.0) (8.9–40.0) (7.4–35.4) (8.0–28.3) (5.8–26.7)
 TUGdt MBh, s 13.3 (10.9–16.7) 17.4 (14.4–22.2) 14.2 (12.3–18.1) 12.4 (10.9–15.0) 11.1 (9.6–14.0)
  (Min.-max.) (6.1–55.0) (9.4–55.0) (7.4–44.4) (8.0–28.9) (6.1–25.8)
 TUGdt NAg cost, % 11.3 (3.3–21.7) 13.1 (3.3–26.3) 11.3 (2.9–19.0) 11.7 (4.7–16.5) 9.9 (2.7–23.0)
  (Min.-max.) (−18.7–148.7) (− 10.5–148.7) (−18.7–102.2) (− 10.2–69.0) (−10.2–100.5)
 TUGdt MBh cost, % 13.1 (3.4–28.9) 16.3 (6.6–46.7) 18.3 (3.1–31.2) 7.5 (3.3–19.3) 11.5 (3.1–23.8)
  (Min.-max.) (−21.6–293.9) (− 18.7–293.9) (−21.6–83.2) (−9.0–114.3) (−17.9–113.4)
 TUGdt NAg, number of animals 7 (5–8) 4 (3–6) 6 (5–7) 7 (6–8) 8 (7–9)
  (Min.-max.) (0–15) (0–10) (0–10) (2–12) (3–15)
 TUGdt MBh, number of months 7 (4–9) 4 (2–6) 6 (4–8) 8 (6–9) 9 (8–11)
  (Min.-max.) (0–13) (0–12) (0–12) (2–12) (3–13)
 TUGdt NAg, animals/10 s 5.1 (3.3–6.8) 2.5 (1.7–3.6) 4.2 (3.0–5.6) 5.3 (4.3–7.0) 6.7 (5.7–8.3)
  (Min.-max.) (0–12.4) (0–11.1) (0–9.1) (1.1–11.0) (2.1–12.4)
 TUGdt MBh, months/10 s 5.5 (2.9–8.0) 1.8 (0.9–3.2) 4.3 (2.2–6.1) 5.6 (4.3–8.0) 7.8 (6.4–9.4)
  (Min.-max.) (0–14.0) (0–8.8) (0–9.3) (1.0–14.0) (2.9–13.3)

MCI mild cognitive impairment, SCI subjective cognitive impairment, Min. minimum, Max. maximum, SD standard deviation, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, TMT Trail Making Test, TUG Timed Up-and Go, TUGdt TUG dual-task, TUGdt NA Timed Up-and-Go dual-task naming animals, TUGdt MB Timed Up-and-Go dual-task months backwards

aParts of the diagnostic assessment

bMissing values, n = 4

cMissing values, n = 19

dMissing values, n = 9

eTest completed within 240 s and with a maximum of four errors

fMissing values, n = 14

gMissing value due to discontinuing, n = 1

hMissing values due to discontinuing, n = 6

iResults are presented as median (interquartile range) if not stated otherwise