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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2007 Apr 23;29(9):1285–1295. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.03.004

Table 2.

MRI Annualized Percent Change Measures by Treatment Group

Placebo
total
Placebo
APOE ∈4+
Placebo
APOE ∈4−
Vit E total Vit E APOE
∈4+
Vit E
APOE ∈4−
Donepezil
total
Donepezil
APOE ∈4+
Donepezil
APOE ∈4−
Hippocampus −5.44 (3.20) [−16.40,−1.79] −6.14 (3.49) [−16.40,−1.79] −4.04 (1.94) [−9.12, −1.97] −4.86 (2.50) [−11.83, −1.90] −5.08 (2.59) [−11.83, −2.10] −4.86 (2.50) [−10.94, −1.90] −4.60 (2.18) [−10.71, −1.26] −4.50 (2.28) [−10.71, −1.51] −4.78 (2.07) [−7.54, −1.26]
ERC −11.58 (9.27) [−44.99, 5.11] −12.84 (9.36) [−44.99, 5.11] −9.06 (8.80) [−44.43, −3.62] −10.90 (5.84) [−27.17, −4.23] −11.17 (6.16) [−26.78, −4.74] −10.90 (5.84) [−27.17, −4.23] −10.13 (5.63) [−29.59, −3.84] −10.07 (5.11) [−23.80, −3.84] −10.24 (6.68) [−29.59, −4.27]
Whole brain −0.64 (0.80) [−2.85, 1.85] −0.83 (0.94) [−2.85, 1.85] −0.31 (0.32) [−1.06, 0.11] −0.46 (0.54) [−2.02, 0.70] −0.53(0.63) [−2.02, 0.70] −0.46(0.54) [−0.72, 0.21] −0.50 (0.52) [−1.97, 0.33] −0.55(0.49) [−1.97, 0.21] −0.41(0.59) [−1.73, 0.33]
Ventricle 4.54 (3.00) [0.75, 14.68] 5.48 (3.17) [1.77, 14.68] 2.89 (1.77) [0.75, 5.97] 3.99 (2.45) [−1.14, 9.68] 4.08 (2.56) [−1.14, 8.95] 3.99(2.45) [1.73, 9.68] 3.77 (2.36) [−0.53, 8.89] 4.18(2.01) [1.59, 8.89] 2.88(2.91) [−0.53, 8.79]

Mean (standard deviation) [minimum, maximum] Annualized Percent Change

APC values for the hippocampus, ERC, and brain are negative reflecting brain shrinkage, while values for the ventricle are positive reflecting ex vacuo ventricular expansion.