Research Article

Essential Tremor in the Elderly and Risk for Dementia

Table 1


   ETControl

Age (y); mean (SD), 80.0 (5.9), 8376.8 (8.5), 424 0.002
Women36/83 (43%)30/424 (71%)<0.001
Education (y); mean (SD), 15.5 (2.8), 8315.0 (2.7), 4240.07
Education >12 y64/83 (77%)314/424 (74%)0.56
ApoE carrier13/56 (23%)58/239 (24%)0.87
Followup (y); mean (SD), 5.5 (2.7), 835.8 (2.9), 4240.30
Baseline MCI6/83 (7%)39/424 (9%)0.56
MMSE (0–30); mean (SD), 28.7 (1.6), 8228.8 (1.6), 4170.61
JLO (0–30); mean (SD), 23.7 (4.1), 7323.5 (4.1), 3540.73
Clock drawing (0–10); mean (SD), 9.32 (0.99), 809.30 (1.02), 4210.87
Stroop interference (0–150); mean (SD), 31.0 (9.0), 8132.1 (9.3), 4080.34
COWA total (0–120); mean (SD), 37 (11), 8238 (12), 4210.71
Animal fluency; mean (SD), 16.6 (4.3), 8217.2 (4.6), 4220.28
AVLT total learning (0–75); mean (SD), 43.3 (9.3), 8245.0 (10.3), 4220.17
AVLT long-term memory A7 (0–15); mean (SD), 8.7 (3.7), 829.0 (3.3), 4230.54
AVLT percent recall (%); mean (SD), 76 (24), 8278 (21), 4230.61
Digit span forward correct (0–12); mean (SD), 7.7 (2.1), 137.8 (1.7), 530.86
Digit span backward correct (0–12); mean (SD), 6.7 (2.3), 136.3 (2.1), 530.60
BNT (0–30); mean (SD), 27.4 (1.9), 1326.7 (2.4), 520.37
TMT-A (0–150 seconds); mean (SD), 43 (17), 8138 (17), 4190.02
TMT-B (0–300 seconds); mean (SD), 109 (47), 8199 (47), 4170.08