Table 2

Mean performance (SDs shown in parantheses) of APOE ε4 carriers and non-carriers on cognitive measures (raw scores)


ε 4 non-carriers (n = 31)
ε 4 carriers (n = 39)
t-values/U-values
p-values
Effect sizesa

MMSE
28.4 (1.6)
27.5 (1.8)
2.19c
0.03
0.53
WASI-IQ
105 (13.4)b
106 (15.3)b
0.068c,e
0.95
0.01
Stroop Color Word Test (seconds)
94 (54.3)
106 (58.0)
-0.840c
0.40
0.22
WAIS-R Digit Symbol (items)
35 (10.5)
32 (12.1)
1.166c
0.25
0.27
FAS (items)
30 (12.0)
31 (12.8)
-0.262c
0.79
0.08
Animal fluency (items)
16 (5.8)
17 (5.6)
-0.299c
0.77
0.18
Trail Making A (seconds)
48 (22.0)
58 (26.9)
477d
0.13
-0.18
Trail Making B (seconds)
144 (112.6)
165 (89.4)
479.5d
0.14
-0.18
Boston Naming (items)
15 (1.1)
14 (1.1)
539.5d
0.03
-0.26
Rey Complex Figure Test – copy (points)
33 (5.4)
31 (7.0)
487d
0.16
-0.17
Rey Complex Figure Test – recall (points)
16 (9.0)
11 (7.5)
410.5d
0.02
-0.27

Degrees of freedom for all parametric tests was 68

a For t-tests, Cohen's d, for nonparametric tests r were calculated

b Standardized scores

c Test statistics according to independent t-tests

d Test statistics according to Mann-Whitney U tests

e Test statistic based on age-adjusted scores

Wehling et al. Behavioral and Brain Functions 2007 3:57   doi:10.1186/1744-9081-3-57

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