Table 1 Demographic characteristics (mean ± standard deviation) for whole AD group and gender subgroups, and significance of t-test for gender comparisons.

From: Unfavourable gender effect of high body mass index on brain metabolism and connectivity

 

Whole Group (N = 206)

Females (N = 94)

Males (N = 112)

P Value

Age (years)

72.27 ± 7.78

70.96 ± 7.93

73.36 ± 7.51

0.03a

Disease Duration (years)

3.72 ± 2.38

3.69 ± 2.45

3.74 ± 2.32

0.87

MMSE

21.24 ± 4.03

20.77 ± 4.51

21.64 ± 3.56

0.12

Education(years)

12.95 ± 4.38

12.16 ± 4.02

13.61 ± 4.57

0.02a

BMI (kg/m2)

24.99 ± 4.51

23.69 ± 4.44

26.08 ± 4.30

0.001a

  1. Abbreviations: MMSE, mini-mental state examination; BMI, body mass index.
  2. aSignificant difference at the two-sample t-test comparing males and females.
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