Table 1 Demographic variables in three groups of control, with MCI and dementia
Controls (n = 45) | Older patients with MCI (n = 46) | Older patients with dementia (n = 24) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | % | n | % | |||
Age | 69.24 ± 7.34 | 74.22 ± 6.21 | 78.54 ± 5.38 | ||||
Sex | Male | 19 | 42.22 | 34 | 73.91 | 12 | 50 |
Female | 26 | 57.78 | 12 | 26.09 | 12 | 50 | |
Marital status | Married | 32 | 71.1 | 26 | 56.5 | 9 | 37.5 |
Widow/widower | 8 | 17.8 | 9 | 41.3 | 13 | 54.2 | |
Divorced | 5 | 11.1 | 1 | 2.2 | 2 | 8.3 | |
Education | Illiterate | – | – | 11 | 23.9 | 9 | 37.5 |
Grade school | 4 | 8.9 | 24 | 52.2 | 9 | 37.5 | |
Middle school | 6 | 13.3 | 2 | 4.3 | 2 | 8.3 | |
Upper school | 11 | 24.4 | 7 | 15.2 | 4 | 16.7 | |
University education | – | – | 11 | 23.9 | 9 | 37.5 | |