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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and neuropsychological assessments of patients with aMCI and normal controls

From: The overall impairment of core executive function components in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study

 

aMCI (n=34)

Controls (n=36)

tor χ2

P

Cohen’s d

Age, y

67.9 (6.7)

67.4 (5.0)

0.143

0.886

 

Sex(M/Total)

14/34

18/36

0.549

0.459

 

Education, y

10.0 (2.9)

11.1 (3.3)

-1.462

0.148

 

MMSE

28.3 (1.5)

29.5 (0.7)

-4.279

<0.001

1.025

ADL

20.3 (0.5)

20.1 (0.3)

1.826

0.074

0.485

GDS

6.3 (1.2)

5.4 (1.1)

3.198

0.002

0.782

AVLT

15.1 (2.7)

18.5 (1.9)

-6.28

<0.001

1.456

 Total immediate recall

 Long delayed recall

3.4 (0.7)

6.6 (1.4)

-12.225

<0.001

2.891

MoCA total score

20.5 (3.3)

27.3 (1.7)

-10.606

<0.001

2.595

 Executive items of MoCA:

     

 Alternating Trail Making

0.6 (0.5)

0.9 (0.4)

-2.105

0.039

0.663

 Clock Drawing Test

2.7 (0.5)

2.8 (0.4)

-1.410

0.164

0.221

 Abstraction

1.0 (0.6)

1.3 (0.6)

-1.907

0.060

0.500

 Verbal fluency

0.9 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

-1.436

0.157

0.392

  1. NC: normal controls. Mean (standard deviation). MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination.
  2. ADL: Activity of Daily Living; CDR: Clinical Dementia Rating; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; AVLT: Auditory Verbal Learning Test; GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale.