. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 8.

Published in final edited form as: Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2008 Oct 16;26(4):384–390. doi: 10.1159/000164271

Table 2.

Comparisons between male and female AD patients

Variable	Male (n)	Female (n)	p
Age	73.1±8.8 (89)	72.1±9.5 (102)	0.458
MMSE scores	23.8±5.1 (89)	22.9±6.1 (102)	0.426
Total homocysteine, μmol/l	11.0±3.8 (83)	10.2±3.4 (95)	0.095
Vitamin B₁₂, pg/ml	516.4±313.4 (78)	515.1±268.5 (90)	0.686
Folate, ng/ml	16.8±4.3 (68)	17.3±4.1 (76)	0.513
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	198.0±43.2 (63)	224.1±44.7 (74)	<0.001^***
LDL cholesterol, mg/dl	116.3±34.7 (62)	134.7±37.7 (70)	0.004^**
HDL cholesterol, mg/dl	46.3±15.3 (62)	60.3±16.6 (71)	<0.001^***
Triglyceride, mg/dl	171.7±110.1 (62)	164.2±110.3 (72)	0.463

Values are means ± SD;

^**

p < 0.01;

^***

p < 0.001.