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Table 1 Sample characteristics by diagnosis, sex, and amyloid status

From: Moderating effects of sex on the impact of diagnosis and amyloid positivity on verbal memory and hippocampal volume

 

Normal cognition

Early mild cognitive impairment

 

Female (n = 154)

Male (n = 131)

Female (n = 205)

Male (n = 252)

 

Florbetapir-negative

Florbetapir-positive

Florbetapir-negative

Florbetapir-positive

Florbetapir-negative

Florbetapir-positive

Florbetapir-negative

Florbetapir-positive

Demographics

 No. of subjects

91

63

100

31

93

112

114

138

 Age, years

70.8 (5.6)

72.4 (5.0)

72.3 (6.2)

77.8 (5.8)

69.5 (8.3)

70.8 (7.1)

69.2 (7.4)

73.7 (6.4)

 Education, years

16.5 (2.5)

15.5 (2.6)

17.2 (2.3)

17.6 (2.4)

15.8 (2.3)

15.6 (2.8)

16.8 (2.5)

16.5 (2.7)

 White, %

92.3

93.7

89

87.1

90.3

92

92.1

96.4

 Hispanic, %

8.8

4.8

3

0

6.5

3.6

3.5

2.2

Cognition

 Modified MoCA

23.5 (1.6)

22.3 (1.7)

23.4 (1.7)

23.0 (1.6)

22.6 (2.1)

21.8 (2.4)

22.6 (2.0)

21.9 (2.5)

 RAVLT Total Learning

48.8 (8.9)

47.0 (8.3)

44.4 (11.5)

37.7 (8.8)

45.0 (11.6)

37.6 (10.7)

37.2 (9.9)

32.0 (8.9)

 RAVLT Delayed Recall

8.9 (3.4)

7.8 (3.6)

7.0 (4.5)

5.2 (3.1)

7.4 (4.5)

4.3 (4.2)

5.0 (3.7)

3.5 (3.2)

Brain volumea

 No. of subjects

59

34

70

16

77

84

86

100

 Left, raw, mm3

3640.458 (408.312)

3626.059 (451.953)

3891.829 (495.200)

3716.563 (338.556)

3530.481 (502.509)

3339.369 (516.286)

3724.186 (579.737)

3438.300 (541.483)

 Right, raw, mm3

3727.322 (444.720)

3718.941 (450.135)

3991.514 (460.636)

3712.375 (348.348)

3631.662 (493.285)

3338.345 (552.385)

3822.256 (612.419)

3562.970 (500.952)

 Total ICV, raw, mm3

1.41 × 106 (102,176.7)

1.41 × 106 (122,896.4)

1.57 × 106 (135,998.0)

1.58 × 106 (151,662.0)

1.42 × 106 (121,471.7)

1.41 × 106 (108,602.5)

1.58 × 106 (127,438.3)

1.61 × 106 (149,837.7)

APOE ε4 carrier status

 ε4 allele carriers, n

23

29

17

15

19

76

32

93

  1. Abbreviations: APOE Apolipoprotein E, ICV Intracranial volume, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, RAVLT Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
  2. Mean (SD) data are shown for continuous variables
  3. a For brain volume analyses, females with normal cognition (n = 93), males with normal cognition (n = 86), females with early mild cognitive impairment (n = 161), and males with early mild cognitive impairment (n = 186)