Table 1.
Demographic characteristics, clinical diagnosis, and cognitive evaluation of the study participants
| Included patients n = 102 | |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Sex, % men | #59 males (58%) |
| Age (years) | 73.7 (67.4–81.7) |
| Level of educationa | 5 (4–6) |
| Clinical diagnosis | |
| No objective cognitive impairment | #18 (18%) |
| MCI | #31 (30%) |
| Dementia | #53 (52%) |
| Vascular dementia | #6 (6%) |
| Alzheimer’s disease | #41 (40%) |
| Other neurodegenerative etiology | #5 (5%) |
| Unknown etiology | #1 (1%) |
| Measures of global cognitive status | |
| Mini-mental state examination | 26.5 (24–28) |
| Clinical dementia rating | 0.5 (0.5–1) |
| Cognitive performance | |
| Processing speed | 0.09 (− 0.4 to 0.5) |
| Memory | − 0.15 (− 0.8 to 0.3) |
| aVerhage scale: low education (1–4), middle education (5), high education (6–7) | |
Numbers before brackets indicate either the count (#) or the median. Numbers between brackets indicate the 25th and 75th percentile, or the percentage (%)