Table 2: Characteristics of the patients that progressed to AD, to other types of dementia and that did not progress to dementia.

 

MCI

All

n = 85

Progression to AD

n = 10 (11.8%)

Progression to other types of dementia

n = 6 (7.1%)

No progression to dementia

n = 69 (81.1%)

p

Demographic data

Gender*

Male

32 (37.6%)

5 (15.6%)

2 (6.3%)

25 (78.1%)

0.685

Female

53 (62.4%)

5 (9.5%)

4 (7.5%)

44 (83.0%)

Age of onset of symptoms** (years)

66 ± 8.6

72.5 ± 5.0

71.2 ± 7.1

65.0 ± 8.6

0.010

Initial diagnosis*

MCI subtype*

md-MCI

35 (41.2%)

5 (14.3%)

2 (5.7%)

28 (80.0%)

 

 

a-MCI

31 (36.5%)

5 (16.1%)

2 (6.5%)

24 (77.4%)

0.466

nm-MCI

19 (22.4%)

0

2 (10.5%)

17 (89.5%)

 

 

 

 

17 (89.5%)

 

0.271

MMSE at diagnosis**

27 (16-30) [26-29]

25 (20-30) [23.25-29]

27 (24-28) [25.5-27.5]

28 (16-30) [26-29]

Follow-uptime (months**)

21 (0-96) [10-34.5]

51 (26-71) [48-78]

57.5 (29-86) [30-65]

17 (0-96) [9-28]

<0.001

* - values presented in the form of absolute frequency (number of cases) and relative frequencies (% of cases).
** - values presented in the form of median (minimum – maximum) and inter-quartile range (IQR) [25th percentile to 75th percentile].
MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination