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Table 1 Demographics characteristics and group comparisons

From: Pathological correlates of impaired self-awareness of memory function in Alzheimer’s disease

 

All

Normal

Impaired

Clinical groups

 

A−

A+

A−

A+

Normal

Impaired

N

338

151

85

50

52

236

102

Age

71.42 (6.53)

69.94 (5.64)

73.11 (6.59) a**

71.53 (7.78)

72.88 (6.69) a*

71.08 (6.18)

72.21 (7.25)

Gender

174F (51.48%)

88F (58.28%)

47F (55.29%)

17F (34%) a**

22F (42.31%)

135F (57.2%)

39F (38.24%) c**

Education (years of study)

16.69 (2.61)

16.97 (2.48)

16.79 (2.39)

15.98 (3.09)

16.4 (2.72)

16.91 (2.44)

16.2 (2.9)

APOE4 status (E4)

66 (19.53%)

18 (11.92%)

25 (29.41%) a**

8 (16%)

15 (28.85%) a**, b*

43 (18.22%)

23 (22.55%) c*

MMSE

28.81 (1.41)

29.25 (1.08)

28.68 (1.44) a**

28.48 (1.42) a**

28.06 (1.76) a**

29.04 (1.25)

28.26 (1.61) c**

GDS

1.4 (1.85)

1.14 (1.74)

1.04 (1.19)

1.74 (2.19)

2.14 (2.27)

1.1 (1.54)

1.93 (2.22) c*

Logical Memory (delayed)

12.51 (4.8)

13.85 (3.88)

14.33 (3.7)

11.14 (4.38) a**

6.98 (4.77) a**, b**

14.02 (3.82)

9.02 (5.01) c**

Categorical fluency

20.43 (5.63)

21.86 (5.27)

21.19 (5.57)

18.98 (4.93) a**

16.43 (5.26) a**

21.62 (5.38)

17.69 (5.23) c**

TMT B-A time

86.69 (51.35)

68.66 (25.09)

82.06 (39.72) a*

105.58 (64.47) a**

128.12 (76.56) a**

73.51 (31.77)

116.96 (71.38) c**

SUVr tau (flortaucipir, AV1451)—entorhinal cortex

2.08 (0.65)

1.85 (0.37)

2.06 (0.5) a**

2.02 (0.64)

2.84 (0.93) a**, b**

1.93 (0.43)

2.44 (0.89) c**

SUVr tau (flortaucipir, AV1451)—inferior temporal cortex

2.06 (0.52)

1.9 (0.19)

2.05 (0.33) a**

2.01 (0.22) a*

2.63 (1.03) a**, b**

1.95 (0.26)

2.32 (0.81) c**

Amyloid (florbetapir-AV45)

1.15 (0.22)

1.01 (0.05)

1.31 (0.17) a**

0.99 (0.07) a*

1.43 (0.21) a**, b**

1.12 (0.18)

1.21 (0.27) c**

Informant complain (ECog memory)

1.61 (0.67)

1.34 (0.42)

1.39 (0.46)

2.07 (0.65) a**

2.34 (0.81) a**

1.36 (0.43)

2.21 (0.75) c**

Participant complain (ECog memory)

1.87 (0.67)

1.6 (0.49)

1.82 (0.61) a*

2.25 (0.74) a**

2.38 (0.71) a**

1.68 (0.54)

2.32 (0.72) c**

Awareness (participant-informant)

0.26 (0.69)

0.26 (0.51)

0.43 (0.62)

0.19 (0.77)

0.04 (1.05)

0.32 (0.56)

0.11 (0.92)

Awareness (objective-subjective)

−0.04 (1.44)

−0.19 (1.27)

0.34 (1.39) a*

0.3 (1.47)

−0.56 (1.74) b*

0 (1.34)

−0.14 (1.66)

  1. Note: A+/− amyloid status (positive/negative, threshold = 1.11), APOE apolipoprotein, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, GDS Geriatic Depression Scale, RAVLT Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, ECog Everyday Cognition; a, vs normal A−; b, vs impaired A−; c, vs normal. *< 0.05, **< 0.001