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Table 1 Comparison of demographic variables and the MoCA scale stratified by gender

From: Improved predictive ability of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for diagnosing dementia in a community-based study

 

Total

Gender

 
  

Male

Female

 

Variables

N = 276

N = 136

N = 140

P value a

Age (years ± SD)

67.93 ± 6.06

68.93 ± 6.30

66.95 ± 5.68

0.0064**

Male (%)

136 (49.28%)

   

Education (years ± SD)

11.38 ± 4.01

12.39 ± 3.98

10.40 ± 3.82

< 0.0001***

Total Score

25.33 ± 3.44

25.51 ± 3.24

25.16 ± 3.64

0.4088

Visuospatial

3.97 ± 1.03

4.15 ± 0.97

3.81 ± 1.06

0.0057**

Naming

2.76 ± 0.57

2.90 ± 0.35

2.63 ± 0.69

< 0.0001***

Memory1

4.03 ± 1.06

3.98 ± 1.07

4.08 ± 1.04

0.4418

Memory2

4.61 ± 0.81

4.55 ± 0.84

4.67 ± 0.77

0.3364

Attention1

1.85 ± 0.40

1.85 ± 0.36

1.84 ± 0.44

0.8334

Attention2

0.95 ± 0.22

0.94 ± 0.24

0.96 ± 0.20

0.5473

Attention3

2.85 ± 0.42

2.85 ± 0.41

2.84 ± 0.44

0.8441

Language1

1.25 ± 0.73

1.24 ± 0.73

1.26 ± 0.73

0.7415

Language2

0.80 ± 0.40

0.76 ± 0.43

0.84 ± 0.37

0.1025

Abstraction

1.30 ± 0.76

1.43 ± 0.75

1.19 ± 0.76

0.0086**

Delayed Recall

3.04 ± 1.71

2.98 ± 1.73

3.11 ± 1.70

0.5321

Orientation

5.95 ± 0.24

5.94 ± 0.24

5.95 ± 0.25

0.7632

  1. MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, SD standard deviation
  2. *: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01; ***: P < 0.0001
  3. a. Tested by two-sample t test
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