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Table 1 Demographic variables and neuropsychological tests for aMCI patients and normal older adults

From: Neurological soft signs in persons with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and the relationships to neuropsychological functions

 

aMCI

Normal Older Adults

 t 

 p 

 

 N 

 M 

 SD 

 N 

 M 

 SD 

  

Age (years)

29

73.76

6.42

28

71.25

6.43

1.47

.15

Education (years)

29

10.97

4.82

28

13.89

3.12

−2.71

.009

Activities of daily living

29

14.93

1.36

28

14.54

1.37

1.09

.28

MMSE

29

26.07

2.33

28

27.61

1.95

−2.70

.009

Paired-association learning

29

4.45

3.06

28

11.14

3.29

−7.95

<.001

Portraits characteristics recall

29

4.00

3.76

28

9.39

5.09

−4.56

<.001

Neuropsychological tests

Verbal fluency

29

18.81

4.35

28

22.64

4.26

−3.36

.001

Writing fluency

27

4.61

1.95

26

5.23

1.93

−1.16

.25

Digit symbol

27

30.30

10.50

27

35.81

7.53

−2.22

.031

TMT A (seconds)

29

51.07

23.59

24

44.21

16.20

1.21

.23

TMT B (seconds)

28

113.11

75.05

24

78.58

35.94

2.06

.045

Digit span-forward

26

7.31

1.64

27

7.85

1.32

−1.33

.19

Digit span-backward

26

4.15

1.32

27

4.59

1.72

−1.04

.30

Logic memory

27

5.06

2.51

27

8.44

2.89

−4.60

<.001

Similarity

29

15.41

4.20

28

18.36

3.28

−2.94

.005