TABLE 1.
Demographic Variables and Performance on the MMSE-2:SV for the Older Controls Without an MCI or Dementia Diagnosis, the Patients With MCI, and the Patients With Dementia
| Dementia (n=79) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Older Controls | MCI | AD | VaD | FTD | Mixed | Other | |
| n | 67 | 76 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 9 |
| Age (y) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 66.9 (10.4) | 73.2 (7.3) | 75.9 (7.7) | 74.6 (4.6) | 73.1 (7.7) | 76.7 (6.4) | 75.2 (7.6) |
| Range | 50-86 | 54-93 | 56-87 | 67-81 | 63-83 | 67-91 | 62-87 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Men | 25 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| Women | 42 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Education | |||||||
| Low | 18 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Primary school | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Lower vocational | 13 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Middle | 25 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Middle school | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Secondary vocational | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| High | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Selective secondary education | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Higher vocational | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Higher secondary education | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MMSE-2:SV | 28.7 (1.3) | 26.6 (2.3) | 23.3 (4.1) | 25.7 (2.3) | 24.1 (4.4) | 23.5 (2.5) | 25.3 (1.5) |
Mixed dementia indicates combined etiology, e.g. AD with VaD.
The “other” category includes Parkinson spectrum dementia (n=2) or unclear etiology (n=7).
AD indicates Alzheimer’s Dementia; FTD, Frontotemporal Dementia; MCI, Mild Cognitive Impairment; VaD, Vascular Dementia.