Clinical Study
Comparing the Neuropsychiatric Profile of Patients with Alzheimer Disease Who Present Spared versus Impaired Executive Functioning
Table 1
Comparison of demographic variables and neuropsychological performance for SEF and IEF patients.
| | SEF
| IEF
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| | Age | 76.4 (6.4) | 78.2 (4.3) | | Gender (M : F) | 9 : 10 | 5 : 6 | | Age at onset | 74.1 (8.4) | 76.1 (2.6) | | CDR-TS | .66 (.29) | .86 (.43) | | CDR-SOB | 6.2 (1.3) | 7.8 (1.5) | | BDI-II | 5.9 (2.3) | 6.4 (2.4) |
| | ACE-R total score | 74.8 (9.0) | 58.0 (10.3) |
| Phonological fluency
(no. of words/min) | 11.8 (3.2) | 8.82 (3.3) | Backward digit span
(no. of digits repeated) | 3.59 (1.2) | 2.5 (1.0) | Trail Making Test Part B
(seconds to complete) | 182 (97) | 343 (55) | Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
(no. of correct categories) | 3.00 (1.8) | 2.33 (2.0) |
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CDR: clinical dementia rating scale, CDR-TS: CDR transformed score, CDR-SOB: CDR sum of boxes, BDI-II: Beck depression inventory II, ACE-R: Addenbrooke’s cognitive examination—revised.
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