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. 2021 Oct 1;26(10):5888–5898. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01263-2

Table 1.

General subject characteristics.

CN (N = 90) SMC (N = 91) EMCI (N = 41) LMCI (N = 36) AD (N = 24) Total (N = 282) p value
Age, yrs 0.222e
   Mean (SD) 72.9 (7.4) 71.2 (6.3) 72.7 (7.7) 74.1 (8.1) 74.2 (9.8) 72.6 (7.5)
   Range 56.5–91.5 57.1–90.4 57.8–88.1 55.9–88.4 55.5–89.2 55.5–91.5
Sex 0.003f
   Male 35 (38.9%) 32 (35.2%) 23 (56.1%) 21 (58.3%) 17 (70.8%) 128 (45.4%)
   Female 55 (61.1%) 59 (64.8%) 18 (43.9%) 15 (41.7%) 7 (29.2%) 154 (54.6%)
Education, yrs 0.065e
   Mean (SD) 17.2 (2.2) 16.7 (2.1) 16.2 (2.9) 16.0 (2.4)a 16.6 (2.7) 16.7 (2.4)
   Range 11.0–20.0 12.0–20.0 12.0–20.0 10.0–20.0 12.0–20.0 10.0–20.0
APOE4 carrier 0.034f
   Missing (n) 0 1 0 0 0 1
   No 63 (70.0%) 52 (57.8%) 27 (65.9%) 19 (52.8%) 9 (37.5%) 170 (60.5%)
   Yes 27 (30.0%) 38 (42.2%) 14 (34.1%) 17 (47.2%) 15 (62.5%) 111 (39.5%)
MMSE <0.001e
   Mean (SD) 29.0 (1.2) 29.3 (1.0) 28.3 (1.4)b 27.2 (2.3)a.,b.,c 23.2 (2.7)a.,b.,c.,d. 28.3 (2.3)
   Range 25.0–30.0 26.0–30.0 25.0–30.0 19.0–30.0 17.0–29.0 17.0–30.0
CDR <0.001e
   Mean (SD) 0.0 (0.1) 0.0 (0.0) 0.5 (0.1)a.,b. 0.5 (0.1)a.,b. 0.8 (0.3)a.,b.,c.,d. 0.2 (0.3)
   Range 0.0–0.5 0.0–0.0 0.0–0.5 0.0–0.5 0.5–1.0 0.0–1.0
ADNI memory composite score <0.001e
   Mean (SD) 1.1 (0.5) 1.0 (0.6) 0.5 (0.4)a.,b. 0.1 (0.5)a.,b.,c −0.7 (0.6)a.,b.,c.,d. 0.7 (0.7)
   Range −0.2 −2.7 −0.2 −2.3 −0.3 −1.4 −1.0 −1.2 −1.6 −0.5 −1.6 −2.7
Follow up time interval, months <0.001e
   Missing (n) 30 25 5 1 6 69
   Mean (SD) 23.6 (6.6) 24.6 (5.2) 19.4 (8.5) 17.8 (7.0)b 20.2 (7.2) 22.0 (7.1)
   Range 0.0–33.7 11.9–32.0 0.0–35.2 4.1–31.0 10.4–30.4 0.0–35.2

a,b,c,dDenote a significant difference from CN, SMC, EMCI and LMCI, respectively, with Tukey Post Hoc. (p < 0.05).

a.,b.,c.,d.Denote a significant difference from CN, SMC, EMCI and LMCI, respectively, with Tukey Post Hoc. (p < 0.001).

AD Alzheimer’s disease, CDR clinical dementia rating, CN cognitively normal, EMCI early MCI, LMCI late MCI, MCI mild cognitive impairment, MMSE mini-mental state examination, SMC subjective memory concern.

eLinear Model ANOVA.

fPearson’s Chi-squared test.