Research Article

Using Regional Homogeneity to Reveal Altered Spontaneous Activity in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Table 1

Demographic and neuropsychological data in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) subjects and normal controls.

CharacteristicsMCI Controls value
( = 30)( = 32)

Gender, female/male12/1817/150.30
Age, years69.1 ± 5.870.1 ± 5.50.49
MMSE26.2 ± 2.228.1 ± 1.5<0.0001
MoCA21.9 ± 3.426.3 ± 1.9<0.0001
Head motion-move0.42 ± 0.260.45 ± 0.380.70
Head motion-rotation0.73 ± 0.560.79 ± 0.500.64

Chi-square was used for gender comparisons.
Two-tailed test was used for age, education, and neuropsychological test comparisons.
MMSE: Minimental state examination; MoCA: Montreal cognitive assessment.