MRI Shows More Severe Hippocampal Atrophy and Shape Deformation in Hippocampal Sclerosis Than in Alzheimer's Disease

Table 1

Characteristics of the three groups.

	HS	AD	NC	P values
N	11	24	8
Age (s.d.)	83.8 (6.7)	80.9 (7.9)	81.3 (6.6)	.54
Sex (F/M)	3/8	7/17	6/2	.07
Education (years) (s.d.)	13 (2.5)	14.4 (3.5)	14.9 (4.5)	.45
Interval last MRI-death (y) (s.d.)	1.8 (0.95)	3.2 (1.9)	3.7 (2.6)	.06
MMSE closest to death (s.d.)	17.1 (8.2)	12.6 (8.5)	29.1 (1.4)	<.001
Duration of illness (years) (s.d.)	7.1 (4.5)	8.6 (3.5)	—	.14
Braak & Braak score (0–6)	1.7 (1.2)	5.6 (0.5)	1.1 (1)	<.001
CERAD score (0–3)	0.7 (0.6)	2.5 (0.7)	0.5 (0.7)	<.001