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Table 2 Demographic and main clinical characteristics of education-based groups

From: Metabolic correlates of reserve and resilience in MCI due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

Characteristicsa

Low-EDUC (n = 33)

Average-EDUC (n = 33)

High-EDUC (n = 33)

Except-EDUC (n = 34)

Age, years

74.1 ± 4.9

75.4 ± 7.2

73.6 ± 3.2

71.3 ± 10

Sex

    

 Male

13

8

19

23

 Female

20

25

14

11

Education, years

6.1 ± 1.0

8.9 ± 1.4

12.4 ± 2.3

17.4 ± 1.0

Baseline NPS

    

 MMSE

26.7 ± 3.9

26.0 ± 2.6

27.2 ± 2.3

27.3 ± 1.9

ΔMMSE score/year

− 1.2 ± 1.3

− 1.6 ± 1.5

− 0.9 ± 0.8

− 1 ± 0.8

  1. Abbreviations: MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, ΔMMSE Mini Mental State Examination reduction, NPS Neuropsychology
  2. Data are presented as mean ± SD
  3. aThe whole group (n = 133) was divided into quartiles: Low-EDUC, first quartile; Average-EDUC, second quartile; High-EDUC, third quartile; and Except-EDUC, fourth quartile