Demographic and clinical parameters of AD patients, MCI and control subjects.

Key: MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating; ADAS-cog = Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale; Year follow up = a year follow up from baseline. SD = Standard Deviation. *ANOVA F = 5.72 (2,329); p = 0.0036. Scheffe test: Control v MCI p = 0.480; Control v AD p = 0.004; MCI v AD p = 0.107. ¥ANOVA F = 221.29 (2,328); p<0.001. Scheffe test: Control v MCI p<0.001; Control v AD p<0.001; MCI v AD p<0.001. ≠ANOVA F = 1320.56 (2,214) p<0.0001. Scheffe test: Control v MCI p<0.001; Control v AD p<0.001; MCI v AD p<0.001.