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Pairwise comparisons between without dementia, AD and MD groups. These comparisons have been adjusted for age, gender, exercise, MMSE score and all four variables combined. Carnosinase activity is expressed as mean difference (SE) |
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| Variable |
Carnosinase (μmol/ml/h) |
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| Without dementia minus MD |
Without dementia minus AD |
AD minus MD |
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| None |
12.3 (6.4) |
-5.5 (5.2) |
17.8 (6.7)** |
| Age |
10.8 (6.0) |
-2.1 (5.1) |
12.8 (6.5)‡ |
| Gender |
12.2 (6.4) |
-6.3 (5.5) |
18.6 (6.9)** |
| Exercise |
9.8 (6.1) |
-3.7 (5.0) |
13.5 (6.5)* |
| MMSE score |
1.7 (7.6)† |
-16.4 (7.2) |
18.1 (5.9)** |
| Combined |
-1.9 (6.9) |
-14.7 (7.2) |
12.8 (6.1)* |
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AD, Alzheimer's disease; MD, mixed dementia. * p-value < 0.05, ** p-value = 0.01, † p-value = 0.06 between AD and MD ‡ p-value < 0.05 between MD and without dementia | |||
Balion et al. BMC Neurology 2007 7:38 doi:10.1186/1471-2377-7-38 |
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