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Table 2 Least squares estimates of the slope for SAGE and MMSE score changes

From: Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination: longitudinal cohort testing for the early detection of dementia conversion

Subgroup

Change per year (SE)

P value for zero slope

SAGE (22 points maximum)

MMSE (30 points maximum)

SAGE

MMSE

MCI to AD dementia

–1.91 (0.14)

–1.68 (0.14)

< .0001

< .0001

MCI to other dementia

–2.33 (0.31)

–1.83 (0.26)a

< .0001

< .0001

AD dementia

–1.82 (0.11)

–2.38 (0.14)

< .0001

< .0001

AD dementia, SAGE ≥5 (n = 202)

–1.9 (0.11)

–2.4(0.14)

< .0001

< .0001

AD dementia, SAGE 2–4 (n = 18)

0.04(0.34)

–2.17(0.68)

0.9161

0.0054

MCI con-converters

0.01 (0.09)

–0.09 (0.05)

0.8907

0.0893

SCD

0.08 (0.08)

–0.01 (0.08)

0.3168

0.8848

  1. Abbreviations: AD Alzheimer’s disease, MCI Mild cognitive impairment, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, SAGE Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination, SCD Subjective cognitive decline, SE Standard error
  2. aOne outlier removed