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Table 1 Demographic characteristic of HC and CI participants

From: A novel language-neutral Visual Cognitive Assessment Test (VCAT): validation in four Southeast Asian countries

 

HC (N = 164)

CI (N = 120)

p value (univariate)

p value (GLM)*

Age

 Mean (SD)

66.88 (8.09)

69.38 (9.51)

0.008

 

Years of education

 Mean (SD)

11.60 (3.75)

11.39 (3.84)

0.653

 

Gender

 Male (%)

86 (52.4)

60 (50.0)

0.719

 

Race, N (%)

 Chinese

93 (56.7)

57 (47.5)

  

 Malay

38 (23.2)

39 (32.5)

  

 Indian

11 (6.7)

5 (4.2)

  

 Filipinos and others

22 (13.4)

19 (15.8)

0.220

 

Employment, N (%)

 Unemployed

23 (14.0)

9 (7.5)

  

 Employed

36 (22.0)

26 (21.7)

  

 Retired

104 (63.4)

85 (70.8)

0.203

 

Language administered, N (%)

 English

63 (38.4)

35 (29.2)

  

 Mandarin

46 (28.0)

27 (22.5)

  

 Malay

19 (11.6)

20 (16.7)

  

 Others

36 (22.0)

38 (31.7)

0.095

 

MoCA

 Mean (SD)

25.52 (3.37)

16.59 (5.75)

<0.001

< 0.001

VCAT memory

 Mean (SD)

10.54 (1.83)

5.90 (3.39)

< 0.001

< 0.001

VCAT language

 Mean (SD)

4.07 (0.80)

3.06 (1.13)

< 0.001

< 0.001

VCAT visuospatial

 Mean (SD)

2.28 (0.56)

1.92 (0.74)

< 0.001

< 0.001

VCAT executive function

 Mean (SD)

4.04 (1.66)

2.81 (1.56)

< 0.001

< 0.001

VCAT attention

 Mean (SD)

1.55 (1.35)

0.50 (0.99)

< 0.001

< 0.001

VCAT total

 Mean (SD)

22.48 (3.50)

14.17 (5.05)

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. HC healthy controls, CI cognitive impairment, GLM general linear model, SD standard deviation, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, VCAT Visual Cognitive Assessment Test
  2. *GLM adjusted for age