Profile of Subjects Enrolled in Study
| Profile | AD patients (n = 9) | Healthy controls (n = 9) |
| Age (y) | 73.2 ± 1.9 | 72.9 ± 2.0 |
| Weight (kg) | 76.7 ± 14.6 | 70.4 ± 12.8 |
| Education (y) | 17.3 ± 1.8 | 18.4 ± 1.5 |
| Sex (n) | ||
| Male | 7 | 4 |
| Female | 2 | 5 |
| Stage | ||
| CDR mean | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| CDR range | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| MMSE score | 24.3 ± 1.6* | 29.7 ± 0.7 |
| Mini-Cog score | 1.4 ± 1.2* | 4.9 ± 0.5 |
↵* P < 0.0001, by unpaired 2-tailed t test.
CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating, 0 = normal cognition and 1 = mild dementia; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination, scores range from 0 to 30; Mini-Cog scores range from 0 to 5.
Quantitative variables are reported as mean ± SD.