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Table 1 Demographic and neuropsychological data

From: The compensatory phenomenon of the functional connectome related to pathological biomarkers in individuals with subjective cognitive decline

Items

HC (n = 64)

SCD (n = 66)

Statistical Value

P value

Age (years)

73.23 ± 6.69

71.28 ± 5.45

1.82

0.07b

Education (years)

16.56 ± 2.09

16.91 ± 2.13

−0.94

0.35b

Gender (male/female)

24/40

24/42

0.02

0.89a

APOE phenotypes (+/+, +/−, −/−)

62/64 (2/13/47)

58/66 (3/23/32)

5.70

0.06a

CSF Aβ1–42 (pg/mL)

25/64 (1401.04 ± 441.21)

11/66 (1284.44 ± 272.65)

0.81

0.43b

CSF t-tau (pg/mL)

25/64 (255.99 ± 129.08)

11/66 (185.44 ± 45.89)

1.75

0.09b

CSF p-tau (pg/mL)

25/64 (23.56 ± 14.02)

11/66 (16.19 ± 4.19)

1.70

0.10b

[18F] AV45 SUVRs

40/64 (1.11 ± 0.18)

34/66 (1.15 ± 0.18)

−0.91

0.37b

Intracranial volume (cm3)

1390.55 ± 175.92

1407.89 ± 132.81

−0.64

0.53b

 Gray matter volume (cm3)

593.04 ± 61.13

604.97 ± 44.95

−1.27

0.21b

 White matter volume (cm3)

511.48 ± 83.31

514.20 ± 63.25

−0.21

0.83b

 Ventricular volume (cm3)

286.03 ± 55.57

288.73 ± 52.68

−0.28

0.78b

Hippocampal volume (cm3)

8.93 ± 0.99

8.95 ± 0.88

−0.13

0.90b

 Left hippocampal volume (cm3)

4.45 ± 0.50

4.48 ± 0.48

−0.36

0.72b

 Right hippocampal volume (cm3)

4.48 ± 0.52

4.47 ± 0.43

0.12

0.91b

GDS-15

0 (0–1)

1 (0–1)

−1.86

0.06c

NPI

0 (0–1)

0 (0–0.25)

−0.78

0.44c

CCI

–

20 (17.75–26)

–

–

MMSE

28.88 ± 1.53

29.02 ± 1.14

−0.59

0.55b

LM-immediate

15.28 ± 3.60

14.65 ± 3.20

1.01

0.29b

LM-delayed recall

11.31 ± 1.55

11.14 ± 1.58

0.64

0.52b

RAVLT-total

48.64 ± 9.64

46.42 ± 9.52

1.32

0.19b

RAVLT-delayed recall

6.31 ± 2.19

6.39 ± 2.26

−0.21

0.84b

  1. No significant differences were found in the age, gender, years of education, APOE genotypes, CSF biomarkers, brain tissue volumes, psychological assessments and cognitive performance between the HC and SCD group
  2. Abbreviations: HC Health control, SCD Subjective cognitive decline, APOE Apolipoprotein E, CSF Cerebrospinal fluid, SUVR Standardized uptake values ratio, GDS Geriatric depression scale, NPI Neuropsychiatric inventoryl, CCI Cognitive change index, MMSE Mini mental state examination, LM Logical Memory, RAVLT Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
  3. Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation and median (interquartile range)
  4. a the p value was obtained by χ2 test, b the p value was obtained by two-sample t tests, c the p value was obtained by Mann-Whitney tests