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Table 4 Associations between SORL1 rs1784933 and cognitive tests

From: SORL1 gene, plasma biomarkers, and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease for the Han Chinese population in Taiwan

Subjects

Cognitive tests

SORL1 rs1784933

p Value (ANOVA)

AA

AG

GG

Control subjects

MMSE score

28.0 ± 2.1

28.1 ± 1.9

27.6 ± 2.1

0.490

MCI

MMSE score

25.9 ± 2.9

26.0 ± 2.8

26.7 ± 2.4

0.468

12-item word recall test

4.5 ± 3.0

4.5 ± 2.7

5.0 ± 2.6

0.877

Forward digit span

10.0 ± 2.8

10.2 ± 2.1

9.1 ± 2.9

0.507

Backward digit span

5.5 ± 2.5

6.1 ± 2.1

6.3 ± 3.2

0.271

Verbal fluency test

10.1 ± 2.8

10.5 ± 3.4

9.5 ± 2.3

0.576

Boston Naming Test

13.5 ± 1.2

13.8 ± 1.3

13.4 ± 1.4

0.290

Trail Making Test A, seconds

99.7 ± 67.2

84.1 ± 38.9

74.4 ± 39.0

0.177

AD

MMSE score

18.1 ± 6.0

18.5 ± 5.7

18.5 ± 6.0

0.648

12-item word recall test

1.3 ± 2.1

1.5 ± 2.2

1.5 ± 2.5

0.494

Forward digit span

8.3 ± 3.1

8.6 ± 3.1

8.1 ± 2.2

0.224

Backward digit span

3.8 ± 2.1

3.9 ± 2.2

3.5 ± 1.8

0.461

Verbal fluency test

6.4 ± 3.3

6.5 ± 3.1

6.9 ± 2.8

0.537

Boston Naming Test

11.2 ± 3.1

11.5 ± 2.9

11.9 ± 2.3

0.229

Trail Making Test A, seconds

186.8 ± 160.5

175.6 ± 130.4

182.9 ± 115.2

0.630

  1. Abbreviations: AD Alzheimer’s disease, MCI Mild cognitive impairment, SORL1 Sortilin-related receptor 1 gene, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, ANOVA One-way analysis of variance