Table 1 Demographic and psychometric characteristics of the three groups of participants
Controls (n = 10) | MCI (n = 10) | AD (n = 10) | ANOVA | Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc tests ( p-values) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | F | p-values | HC vs. MCI | HC vs. AD | MCI vs. AD | |
Age (years) | 74 (8.89) | 76 (9.03) | 78 (7.56) | 0.57 | ns | ns | ns | ns |
Gender (M:F) | 4:6 | 3:7 | 5:5 | (Chi-square = ns) | ns | ns | ns | |
ACE-R score | 94.80 (4.54) | 86.50 (5.50) | 72.10 (10.35) | 27.42 | < 0.001 | 0.043 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
MMSE | 29.10 (1.60) | 27.50 (2.22) | 23.60 (3.37) | 15.35 | < 0.001 | 0.357 | 0.000 | 0.002 |
Attention and Orientation (*) | 17.60 (0.97) | 17.10 (1.10) | 14.80 (2.20) | 9.57 | 0.001 | 1.000 | 0.001 | 0.007 |
Memory (*) | 23.90 (2.23) | 17.90 (3.96) | 11.30 (4.37) | 29.96 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.001 |
Executive Functions (*) | 12.70 (1.49) | 11.00 (1.33) | 8.20 (2.66) | 13.98 | 0.000 | 0.175 | 0.000 | 0.009 |
Language (*) | 25.60 (0.70) | 24.90 (1.60) | 23.10 (2.51) | 5.33 | 0.011 | 1.000 | 0.011 | 0.092 |
Visuospatial functions (*) | 15.40 (0.70) | 15.60 (0.52) | 14.10 (1.66) | 5.65 | 0.009 | 1.000 | 0.037 | 0.014 |
NART | 118 (7.70) | 116 (6.88) | 108 (10.60) | 4.35 | 0.028 | 1.000 | 0.024 | 0.148 |