TABLE 2.
Characteristics of the study cohort.
| APOE4 carriers (n = 10) | Non-APOE4 carriers (n = 8) | p-value | |
| Sex F/M | 6/4 | 5/3 | 0.914 |
| Age, years | 70.37.45 | 73.756.27 | 0.312 |
| Education level, years | 7.72.98 | 6.135.37 | 0.44 |
| MMSE score before rTMS | 12.66.77 | 15.888.54 | 0.377 |
| MoCA score before rTMS | 7.94.28 | 9.255.50 | 0.566 |
| ADAScog score before rTMS | 39.1316.49 | 34.8719.03 | 0.618 |
| MMSE score after rTMS | 13.56.22 | 16.638.73 | 0.388 |
| MoCA score after rTMS | 84.47 | 11.887.72 | 0.202 |
| ADAScog score after rTMS | 37.1616.39 | 31.5721.21 | 0.536 |
n, number; F, female; M, male; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale; ADAScog, Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale.