Impact of MMP2 rs243865 and MMP3 rs3025058 Polymorphisms on Clinical Findings in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of AD patients and controls.

Parameter	AD subjects	Controls	value
Female/male ratio	118/53	197/111	0.31
Age at examination (y);			<0.0001
Age at onset (y);		—	—
MoCA score,			<0.0001
APOEε4 positivity (yes/no)	67/104	59/249	<0.0001

Abbreviations: : number; SD: standard deviation; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; y: years. Differences in age and MoCA score between the two groups were examined by Welch’s corrected -test. Differences in sex were assessed using the Pearson chi-squared test. is considered statistically significant.