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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and demographics of the FAD cohort in this study

From: Quantitative detection and staging of presymptomatic cognitive decline in familial Alzheimer’s disease: a retrospective cohort analysis

 

Mutation carriers

Non-carriers

U (*χ2)

p

N

21

14

Age

38.9 (33.6, 42.0)

39.5 (33.9, 43.5)

131

0.30

Sex, M/F

11/10

6/8

*0.0429

0.84

EYO

− 6.5 (− 9.2, − 5.0)

− 7.7 (− 12.6, − 0.6)

134

0.34

Years of education

14 (12, 16)

14 (13, 17)

125

0.23

ALF– Story

66.8 (59.8, 81.9)

93.1 (85.1, 95.2)

47

0.0004

– Figure

70.2 (60.2, 79.4)

88.2 (77.7, 91.2)

45

0.0027

– List

43.7 (27.3, 59.7)

71.4 (58.8, 76.4)

54

0.0009

EMQ

18.3 (11.9, 27.6)

11.2 (8.7, 13.3)

62

0.0022

DSST

57.1 (47.1, 62.4)

69.1 (58.6, 74.5)

62

0.032

Digit Span – fwd

10.1 (7.4, 10.7)

10.0 (9.4, 11.6)

84

0.085

– back

8.9 (6.6, 9.6)

9.0 (6.9, 9.9)

110

0.31

PIQ

108.4 (98.0, 113.6)

116.9 (109.0, 126.4)

60

0.01

VIQ

101.8 (98.0, 107.4)

104.1 (97.3, 114.1)

100

0.26

Stroop

50.0 (45.0, 57.6)

47.8 (38.5, 48.7)

77

0.076

RMT– words

49.3 (48.6, 49.7)

49.0 (48.1, 49.3)

78

0.054

– faces

43.2 (40.7, 47.9)

43.5 (42.0, 45.6)

100

0.26

MMSE

29.7 (29.1, 29.9)

29.4 (29.3, 29.7)

84

0.14

Dementia Index

− 4.6 (− 7.9, 2.6)

− 3.7 (− 11.1, 2.6)

100

0.27

GDA

14.1 (8.8, 16.6)

16.7 (13.0, 19.5)

82

0.074

PAL

18.4 (14.2, 22.9)

18.4 (16.7, 19.9)

110

0.43

  1. Features were adjusted for healthy linear trends in age, sex and gender (in non-carriers). Values quoted as median (interquartile range). Group comparisons were calculated using the Mann-Whitney U test (χ2 contingency test for sex)
  2. Abbreviations: EYO estimated years to symptom onset, M/F male/female, EMQ Everyday Memory Questionnaire, DSST Digit Symbol Substitution Test, PIQ/VIQ Performance/Verbal Intelligence Quotient, RMT Recognition Memory Test, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, GDA Graded Difficulty Arithmetic, PAL Paired Associate Learning