Patient characteristics
| No | 31 |
|---|---|
| Values are means (SD). | |
| *Years spent in primary, secondary and higher level education. | |
| MMSE, mini mental state examination; GDS, global deterioration scale; HDRS, Hamilton depression rating scale; BDRS, Blessed dementia rating scale; SCWT, Stroop colour word test, IQ, intelligence quotient; MTA, medial temporal lobe atrophy. | |
| Age (y) | 64.9 (9.5) |
| Sex ratio | 18M:13F |
| Education (y)* | 10.7 (3.2) |
| MMSE score | 27.7 (1.8) |
| GDS score: | |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 14 |
| BDRS score | 1.9 (1.9) |
| HDRS score | 9.8 (6.5) |
| Immediate recall (z score) | 0.02 (1.3) |
| Delayed recall (raw score) | 6.1 (3.0) |
| Delayed recall (z score) | −0.91 (0.84) |
| SCWT: card 1 (z score) | −1.0 (1.5) |
| SCWT: card 3 (z score) | −1.84 (1.3) |
| Verbal fluency (z score) | −0.80 (1.0) |
| IQ | 112.3 (12.5) |
| Hippocampus (z score) | −0.23 (1.1) |
| Parahippocampal gyrus (z score) | 0.10 (1.1) |
| MTA score (uncorrected, average of left and rigth side) | 1.1 (1.1) |
| MTA score (z score) | −0.35 (1.4) |