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Table 2 Demographic information and delayed recall data for people who did or did not decline over the year

From: Accelerated long-term forgetting in healthy older adults predicts cognitive decline over 1 year

 

Non-decliner

Decliner

Total

N (male:female)

31 (16:15)

15 (9:6)

46 (25:21)

Age (years)

71.1 ± 8.92

69.9 ± 5.74

70.7 ± 7.97

YOE

16.7 ± 3.41

15.1 ± 3.61

16.2 ± 3.35

ACE-III /100

 Baseline

95.0 ± 3.03

94.7 ± 3.20

94.9 ± 3.05

 Follow-up

96.1 ± 2.73

90.5 ± 3.14

94.2 ± 3.88

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 30m

11.5 ± 2.55

9.73 ± 2.37

10.9 ± 2.61

 4w

4.35 ± 2.79

2.14 ± 2.03

3.67 ± 2.76

Story /21

 30m

16.0 ± 2.22

14.2 ± 2.49

15.4 ± 2.42

 4w

9.70 ± 4.07

7.65 ± 2.85

9.08 ± 3.83

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 30m

31.0 ± 2.57

30.2 ± 4.07

30.7 ± 3.15

 4w

13.5 ± 6.42

11.5 ± 4.95

12.9 ± 5.99

  1. Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation. Maximum scores for each cognitive test are shown in the left column
  2. YOE years of education, 30m 30-min delayed recall time point, 4w 4-week delayed recall time point