A Warning Index Used in Prescreening for Alzheimer’s Disease, Based on Self-Reported Cognitive Deficits and Vascular Risk Factors for Dementia in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 3

Self-reporting of basic and instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs).

	Diabetic subjects		Nondiabetic subjects
	AD	CN	AD	CN
Basic ADL
Walking (able, %)	80.0	90.0	80.0	89.6
Shower (able, %)	92.0	97.8	80.0^#	96.8
Instrumental ADL
Grocery shopping (able, %)	80.0*	96.1	90.0	97.6
Managing finances (able, %)	68.0*	96.2	73.3^#	96.8
Meal preparation (able, %)	76.0*	91.2	90.0	96.0
Travel outside familiar surroundings (able, %)	48.0*	95.0	50.0^#	95.2
Medication compliance (able, %)	48.0*	96.2	63.3^#	95.2
Ability to use public transport (able, %)	76.0*	96.2	83.3^#	96.0

Values are the percentages of “able” answer to each life function. Comparison of ADLs between subjects with AD and cognitively normal subjects was performed by using the 𝜒² test. *P < 0.05 and ^#P < 0.05 compared with cognitively normal subjects in the diabetic and nondiabetic groups, respectively. AD: Alzheimer’s disease; CN: cognitively normal.