TABLE 2.

Clinical data.

Characteristics	AD group (n = 59)	CON group (n = 22)	p-value
Gender (M/F)	21/38	12/10	0.123
Agea	71.12 ± 9.21	67.86 ± 8.60	0.154
Years of educationb	9.00 (3.00)	9.00 (6.00)	0.534
Course of the diseasea	3.68 ± 2.42	–	–
MMSEb	19.00 (9.00)	30.00 (0.00)	<0.001*
MoCAb	14.00 (8.00)	30.00 (0.25)	<0.001*
CDTb	2.00 (2.00)	4.00 (0.00)	<0.001*
ADLb	27.00 (11.00)	14.00 (0.00)	<0.001*
Total cholesterolb	5.29 (1.42)	–	–
Triglyceridesb	1.02 (0.60)	–	–
HDLa	1.46 ± 0.36	–	–
LDLa	2.86 ± 0.87	–	–
Homocysteineb	14.23 (5.60)	–	–

^aData are expressed as mean value ± standard deviations. ^bData are expressed as median (inter-quartile range). *P < 0.05.