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Table 1 Demographic and clinical summaries by Alzheimer’s diagnosis

From: Contact heat sensitivity and reports of unpleasantness in communicative people with mild to moderate cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease: a cross-sectional study

 

Total (N = 80)

Control (N = 40)

AD (N = 40)

p-value

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

Gender

   

1.000

 Female

40 (50.0)

20 (50.0)

20 (50.0)

 

 Male

40 (50.0)

20 (50.0)

20 (50.0)

 

Race

N = 79

n = 39

n = 40

0.818

 African American

10 (12.7)

4 (10.3)

6 (15.0)

 

 Asian

2 (2.5)

1 (2.6)

1 (2.5)

 

 Caucasian

67 (84.8)

34 (87.2)

33 (82.5)

 

Education

N = 77

n = 38

n = 39

0.044

 High school or less

14 (18.2)

5 (13.2)

9 (23.1)

 

 Partial college

20 (26.0)

11 (28.9)

9 (23.1)

 

 College graduate

22 (28.6)

7 (18.4)

15 (38.5)

 

 Graduate school

21 (27.3)

15 (39.5)

6 (15.4)

 

Marital status

N = 78

n = 39

n = 39

0.845

 Single/divorced/separated

16 (20.5)

9 (23.1)

7 (17.9)

 

 Married

46 (59.0)

22 (56.4)

24 (61.5)

 

 Widowed

16 (20.5)

8 (20.5)

8 (20.5)

 

Marriage occupation status

N = 77

n = 39

n = 38

0.736

 One spouse employed

40 (51.9)

21 (53.8)

19 (50.0)

 

 Both employed

37 (48.1)

18 (46.2)

19 (50.0)

 
 

N, median [IQR]

N, median [IQR]

N, median [IQR]

 

Spouse’s occupation score

78, 3.5 [0–7]

39, 3.0 [0–8]

39, 4.0 [0–7]

0.567

Age

80, 73.0 [68–80]

40, 70.0 [66–81]

40, 75.0 [71–79]

0.089

Standardized measures

    

Body mass index

77, 25.5 [23–29]

40, 25.5 [23–29]

37, 25.1 [22–28]

0.269

Total SES scorea

77, 55.0 [19–30]

39, 57.0 [45–64]

38, 50.0 [39–56]

0.046

MMSE scoreb

79, 27.0 [19–30]

39, 30.0 [29–30]

40, 19.5 [14–24]

<0.001

BPI-SF average painc

80, 0.0 [0–2]

40, 1.0 [0–2]

40, 0.0 [0–2]

0.059

BPI-SF pain right nowc

80, 0.0 [0–0]

40, 0.0 [0–1]

40, 0.0 [0–0]

0.203

GDS-SF scored

78, 1.0 [0–4]

40, 0.0 [0–2]

38, 3.0 [1–5]

<0.001

STAI state scoree

68, 47.0 [44–50]

38, 47.0 [44–50]

30, 47.0 [43–50]

0.813

STAI trait scoree

68, 48.0 [45–51]

38, 48.5 [45–53]

30, 47.0 [44–51]

0.230

  1. aSES Hollingshead Four Factor Index of Socioeconomic Status (range = 8–66; 8 = lowest, 66 = highest)
  2. bMMSE Folstein Mini Mental State Examination (range = 0–30; 0 = completely cognitively impaired, 30 = completely cognitively intact)
  3. cBPI-SF Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (range = 0–10; 0 = no pain, 10 = most pain)
  4. dGDS-SF Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (range = 0–15; 0 = no indication of depression, 15 = high possibility of depression)
  5. eSTAI Spielberger State or Trait Anxiety Inventory (range 20–80; 20 = indicates increased anxiety, 80 = indicates least amount of anxiety)
  6. AD Alzheimer’s disease, IQR interquartile range