A Warning Index Used in Prescreening for Alzheimer’s Disease, Based on Self-Reported Cognitive Deficits and Vascular Risk Factors for Dementia in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Subjective complaints of memory deficits.

	Diabetic subjects		Nondiabetic subjects
	AD	CN	AD	CN
Do you have any complaints concerning your memory? (yes, %)	64.0	70.1	83.3	67.2
Do other people find you forgetful? (yes, %)	60.0*	29.9	60.0^#	30.4
Do you often use notes to avoid forgetting things? (yes, %)	72.0*	82.3	73.3	86.4

Values are the percentages of “yes” answer to each question. Comparison of subjective cognitive complaints between subjects with AD and cognitively normal subjects was performed by using the 𝜒² test. *P < 0.05 and ^#P < 0.05 compared with cognitively normal subjects in the diabetic and nondiabetic groups, respectively. AD: Alzheimer’s disease; CN: cognitively normal.