Table 1.

Demographic information and verb fluency results.

Variable	CHOA group (n=17)	AD group (n=15)	t (df=30)
Age	73 (7.08)	78.6 (8.79)	−1.99
Gender	7 males, 10 females	5 males, 10 females
Years in education	15.88 (2.55)	14.53 (2.88)	1.41
MMSE-2	27.82 (1.24)	22.93 (4.92)	3.75*
Verb fluency performance
Number of correct responses	11.65 (3.16)	8.27 (3.63)	2.82*
Emotional valence	6.01 (0.42)	6.27 (0.23)	−2.18*

Mean and SD in parentheses. CHOA, cognitively healthy older adults; AD, Alzheimer’s dementia; and MMSE, Mini-Mental State Exam-2.

^*p<0.05.