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Table 2 Description of the latent classes of subjective cognitive complaints stratified by objective cognitive trajectory, in our subsample of MEMENTO study participants

From: Understanding factors associated with the trajectory of subjective cognitive complaints in groups with similar objective cognitive trajectories

Stratum

Stratum #1

High and increasing MMSE (n = 1044)

Stratum #2

Subtle decline in MMSE scores (n = 445)

Stratum #3

Steep decrease in MMSE scores (n = 259)

Cognitive complaint trajectory

Moderate and increasing complaint

Mild and decreasing complaint

Moderate and increasing complaint

Mild and decreasing complaint

Stable moderate complaint

Stable mild complaint

N (% of the stratum)

476 (45.6)

568 (54.4)

295 (66.4)

150 (33.6)

155 (59.8)

104 (40.1)

Cognitive complaint score at baseline [/30; mean (SD)]

15.04 (5.40)

9.13 (5.03)

15.02 (5.33)

9.00 (5.10)

16.15 (4.27)

7.79 (4.11)

Age at baseline [years; mean (SD)]

68.99 (8.91)

69.96 (8.04)

70.78 (8.94)

71.75 (7.98)

73.13 (8.26)

74.73 (7.43)

Sex [female; n (%)]

312 (65.5)

356 (62.7)

186 (63.1)

89 (59.3)

95 (61.3)

53 (51.0)

Education [low; n (%)]

118 (24.8)

143 (25.2)

140 (47.5)

64 (42.7)

82 (52.9)

61 (58.7)

Dementia incidence rate [per 1000 person-years]

2.82

3.99

22.29

23.98

231.06

308.67

Blood pTau/Aβ42 at baseline [pg/mL; mean (SD)]

0.10 (0.15)

0.10 (0.29)

0.12 (0.15)

0.09 (0.07)

0.15 (0.12)

0.20 (0.29)

Cortical thickness at baseline [cm3; mean (SD)]

2.35 (0.10)

2.34 (0.09)

2.33 (0.10)

2.32 (0.09)

2.28 (0.09)

2.27 (0.10)

APOE genotype [noncarrier; n (%)]

363 (76.3)

432 (76.1)

201 (68.1)

47 (31.3)

78 (50.3)

52 (50.0)

Comorbidity-polypharmacy at baseline [mean (SD)]

7.24 (5.03)

6.24 (4.11)

8.53 (4.95)

7.03 (4.78)

7.46 (4.33)

6.51 (4.55)

Depression score at baseline [mean (SD)]

1.61 (2.87)

0.84 (2.19)

2.20 (3.70)

0.65 (1.94)

1.43 (2.70)

2.08 (3.33)

Anxiety score at baseline [mean (SD)]

2.01 (3.37)

1.26 (2.82)

2.32 (3.22)

1.28 (2.72)

2.01 (3.15)

2.69 (4.35)

Social network [Nb of close relationships; mean (SD)]

5.91 (4.93)

6.78 (5.76)

5.77 (5.51)

6.53 (9.23)

6.47 (5.68)

7.13 (7.02)

  1. Note. Numerical variables are described by means and SD (standard deviations). Categorical variables by counts and percentages. Low education: less than a high school diploma; pTau/Aβ42, ratio between levels of threonine181 pTau and β-amyloid42; APOE, apolipoprotein E