Research Article

A Novel Metabolic Connectome Method to Predict Progression to Mild Cognitive Impairment

Table 1

Demographic information of all participants.

GroupsMCI ()pMCI () value

Sex (M/F)136/106102/760.89a
Age (year)0.004b
Education (year)0.496c
MMSE<0.001b
CDRSB1 (0.5,1.5)1.5 (1, 2.5)<0.001c
ADAS11<0.001b
ADAS13<0.001b
Conversion time (month)\\
APOE ε4 positive rate44.6%68.5%<0.001a

Data are given as . : the chi-square test; : the two-sample -test; Pc: the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; CDRSB: Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes; ADAS11: The Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale with 11 tasks; ADAS13: The Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale with 13 tasks; APOE ε4 positive rate: positive or negative for the presence of at least one ε4 allele.