| Study | Setting | Sample Size | Mean Age | Gender (Female %) | Education (years) | Ethnicity | 
      
        | NCI | MCI | Dementia | NCI | MCI | Dementia | Total | 
      
        | Barandt [6] |  | 18 | 3 Amnesic | 45 AD | 73.6 | 77 | 69.4 |  |  |  |  | 
      
        | Benedict et al.  [41] | Community and others | 541 |  |  |  |  |  | 48.1 | 63.0% | 13.8 | 85% caucasian, 14%    African, 1% others | 
      
        | Lacritz       et al.  [44] |  | 25 |  |  | 70.7 |  |  |  |  | 16.2 |  | 
      
        | Shapiro  et al.  [7] |  | 59 |  | 55AD | 75.3 | 76.1 | 76.1 |  |  | 11.5 |  | 
      
        | 37 |  | 34VaD | 73.6 | 73.1 | 73.1 |  | 11.4 |  | 
      
        | Frank et al. [9] | Clinic | 15 |  | 26 |  |  |  | 74.7 | 62.5% | 8.5 | Caucasian | 
      
        | Lacritz   et al. [36] |  |  |  | 40 AD |  | 73.4 |  |  |  | 13.7 |  | 
      
        | Hogervorst  [8] | Community | 114 |  | 82 |  |  |  | 75 | 44.4% | 11 | Caucasian | 
      
        | Friedman [27] | Community | 237 |  |  |  |  |  | range from 60-84 |  | n=173 <= 12 years; | African American | 
      
        | n=42 12 years; | 
      
        | n=22 > 12 years | 
      
        | De Jager et al. [10] | Community | 51 | 29 | 60 AD | 75 | 76 | AD:77     CVD: 75 |  | 50.7% | 12 |  | 
      
        | 12 CVD | 
      
        | Kuslansky  et al. [12 ] | Community | 323 |  | 70 | 78.6 |  | 82 |  | 36.4% | 12.3 | mixed (61.8% Caucasian) | 
      
        | Hester et al. [28] | Community | 203 |  |  | 73.1 |  |  |  | 55.2% | 11.1 |  | 
      
        | Schrijnemaekers et al. [11] | Community | 54 | 19 | 28 | 76 | 76.2 | 77.2 | 76.4 | 48.5% | 18.2 | Caucasian | 
      
        | Gaines   et al.  [45] | Clinic | 30 |  | 61 | 63.5 |  | 72.6 |  | 62.3% | 12.4 | mixed (75.8% Caucasian) | 
      
        | De Jager  et al. [13] | Clinic | 98 | 21 |  |  | 77.2 | 82 |  |  |  |  | 
      
        | Foster  et al.  [42] | Clinic | 31 |  | 19 mod AD;  9 mild AD | 65.7 |  | 74.7 |  |  | 14 |  | 
      
        | Aretouli     et al. [16] | Clinic |  |  |  |  |  |  | 63.6 | 49.4% | 14.7 |  | 
      
        | Baek   et al.  [34] | Clinic |  | 112 | 97 AD |  | 69.1 | 73.5 |  |  | 11.1 |  | 
      
        | Gómez-Tortosa et al.     [40] | Cohort |  | 103 with DI <8; 107    with DI>=8 |  |  |  |  | 72.3 | 64.3% | 72.4% below level 2 (out    of 5) |  | 
      
        | Shi   et al.  [14] | Clinic | 249 | 134 | 97 | 67.1 | 69.9 | 71.1 |  | 58.5% | 11 | Chinese | 
      
        | McLaughlin et al.  [46] | Clinic |  |  | 22 DLB;   32 AD |  |  | DLB:77.9 AD:78.9 |  | 66.7% | 12.5 |  | 
      
        | Gonza´lez-Palau et al.  [15] | Community     + Clinic | 109 | 132 | 54 | 81.9 | 82 | 83.4 |  | 74.8% | 8.3 | Spanish |