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Table 3 Findings among 50 consecutive patients referred for suspected dementia to the outpatient clinics at Department of Geriatric Medicin, Aalborg University Hospital

From: Olfactory testing in consecutive patients referred with suspected dementia

 

n

Age

MMSE scorea

GDSb

Cerebral

Cortical

Olfactory teste

years

  

infarctionsc

atrophyd

Errors

mean (range)

mean (range)

mean (range)

n

n

mean (range)

Alzheimers disease

24

81.9 (67–91)

22.5 (11–29)

2.1 (0–7)

6

9

3.6 (1–6)

Not Alzheimers disease

26

76.5 (58–90)

24.0 (10–30)

3.5 (0–14)

9

4

2.5 (0–5)

 Minimal cognitive impairment

12

81.3 (72–90)

24.4 (10–29)

2.7 (0–9)

5

2

2.0 (0–5)

 Lewi body dementia

1

77.0

24.0

4.0

0

0

3.0

 Vascular dementia

4

79.2 (73–84)

22.5 (13–27)

1.5 (1–2)

3

0

3.0 (1–4)

 Parkinson’s disease

1

63.0

28.0

 

1

0

3.0

 Depression

2

79.5 (79–80)

27.5 (25–30)

2.0 (0–4)

0

1

1.5 (0–3)

 Alcohol induced impairment

6

66.2 (58–78)

22.5 (12–30)

4.8 (1–14)

0

1

3.2 (0–5)

  1. aFolstein mini-mental state evaluation (MMSE test)
  2. bGeriatric Depression Scale. Data missing for a patient with Parkinson’s disease
  3. c > 3 mm on CT of the brain
  4. dSulci widening grade 3
  5. eNumber of incorrect answers of 6 possible in the Pocket Smell Test