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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Detecting dementia in patients with normal neuropsychological screening by Short Smell Test and Palmo-Mental Reflex Test: an observational study

Baseline characteristics

Overall (n = 154)

Patient characteristics

 

 Age, mean (SD)

68.5 (11)

 Women, n (%)

81 (53)

Dementia, n (%)

17 (11)

 Alzheimer’s disease

10 (58)

 Mixed dementia

2 (12)

 Frontal dementia

2 (12)

 Vascular dementia

1 (6)

 Other type of dementia

2 (12)

No dementia, no (%)

137 (89)

 Complaints but no objective findings

72 (53)

 Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)

36 (26)

 Depression

21 (15)

 Other disease

8 (6)

Test results

 

 MMSEa, mean (SD)

28.5 (1.1)

 CDTb, mean (SD)

7.0 (0.2)

 Abnormal SSTc, n (%)

43 (28)

 Positive PMRd, n (%)

32 (21)

 Abnormal SST and positive PMR, n (%)

13 (8)

  1. aMini-Mental state examination
  2. bClock drawing test
  3. cShort Smell Test
  4. dPalmo-Mental Reflex