Characterizing Cognitive Deficits and Dementia in an Aging Urban Population in India
Table 3
Comparison of demographic and clinical measures among those with Alzheimers disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and vascular Dementia (VaD).
Measure
AD () (SD)
MCI () (SD)
VaD () (SD)
Statistic
Age (years)
67.64 (±9.56)*
67.37 (±8.85)†
60.21 (±10.98)*,†
(2, 126) = 6.29 ()
Education (years)
5.59 (±4.86)*
11.40 (±4.29)*,†
7.14 (±5.04)†
(2, 126) = 19.11 ()
Gender (% male)
50.0%*,†
74.4%*
92.8%†
(Fisher’s exact, AD v. VaD;); (Fisher’s exact, AD v. MCI;)
Adjusted MMSE (out of 30)
17.12 (±7.36)* ()
27.49 (±2.23)*,†
16.30 (±8.55)† ()
(2, 122) = 38.84 ()
Blessed functional activities scale (out of 17)
5.87 (±3.61)* ()
1.40 (±1.44)*,† ()
7.12 (±4.68)† ()
(2, 123) = 30.12 ()
NPI total (out of 144)
42.14 (±27.87)* ()
17.03 (±20.08)*,† ()
43.37 (±27.31)† ()
(2, 98) = 11.34 ()
GDS (out of 15)
6.72 (±4.10) ()
5.68 (±4.17) ()
6.50 (±3.26) ()
(2, 95) =.72 ()
CDR global (out of 5)
1.56 (±0.90)* ()
0.56 (±.36)*,† ()
1.55 (±0.93)† ()
(2, 99) = 19.68 ()
Significant between diagnostic groups at the level.
