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Table 1 Subject demographics and cognitive test scores by diagnostic group

From: Tau and atrophy: domain-specific relationships with cognition

Variable

CN

MCI

AD

All subjects

Domains tested

N (%female)

55 (56.3%)

46 (39.1%)

30 (53.3%)

131 (49.6%)

 

Age

77.3 (6.3)

77.5 (7.6)

79.0 (8.5)

77.8 (7.3)

 

RAVLT learning

45.7 (10.9)

31.9 (9.0)

25.6 (9.9)

36.3 (13.1)

Learning

RAVLT delayed recall

7.7 (4.7)

2.8 (3.5)

1.5 (3.0)

4.6 (4.8)

Memory

LM immediate recall

15.0 (3.2)

9.8 (4.9)

6.0 (5.25)

11.1 (5.7)

Memory

LM delayed recall

14.0 (3.7)

7.5 (5.2)

2.8 (4.6)

9.1 (6.3)

Memory

Category fluency—animals

22.0 (5.1)

16.5 (5.2)

12.5 (4.5)

17.9 (6.3)

Language

MINT*

30.2 (2.4)

28.6 (3.9)

26.4 (5.1)

28.9 (3.8)

Language

Clock drawing

4.8 (0.5)

4.2 (0.9)

3.8 (1.6)

4.4 (1.1)

Visuospatial

Clock copying

4.7 (0.8)

4.7 (0.5)

4.3 (1.1)

4.6 (0.8)

Visuospatial

Trail Making Test A†

31.9 (7.7)

41.3 (19.4)

60.3 (36.2)

41.7 (24.0)

Executive function and processing speed

Trail Making Test B†

81.6 (40.2)

128.5 (82.2)

202.2 (99.3)

125.7 (86.6)

Executive function and processing speed

  1. Values are mean ± SD unless otherwise noted
  2. Abbreviations: N number of participants, SD standard deviation, RAVLT Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, LM logical memory, MINT Multilingual Naming Test, CN cognitively normal, MCI Mild Cognitive Impairment, AD Alzheimer’s disease
  3. *Since MINT was added to the ADNI neuropsychology battery only recently, MINT scores were missing for 26 of our study participants
  4. †In the Trail Making Test, a higher score denotes worse performance