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. 2023 Jul 10;14:1136667. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1136667

Table 1.

Neuropsychological tests.

Sex Age groups
Total Males Females p Under 44 45–64 65 or more p
n = 406 n = 223 n = 183 n = 93 n = 213 n = 100
MMSE
Corrected 28.6 (1.6) 28.7 (1.5) 28.4 (1.7) 0.028 28.9 (1.8) 28.6 (1.6) 28.3 (1.5) 0.027
Rey's immediate recall
Corrected 45.5 (8.3) 45.1 (8.8) 45.9 (7.6) 0.346 47.1 (7.2) 46.1 (8.6) 42.6 (7.8) < 0.001
Equivalent 3.5 (1.0) 3.4 (1.1) 3.6 (0.9) 0.031 3.7 (0.7) 3.5 (1.0) 3.1 (1.1) < 0.001
Failed 9 (2.2%) 6 (2.7%) 3 (1.6%) 0 (0%) 7 (3.3%) 2 (2%)
Borderline 17 (4.2%) 13 (5.8%) 4 (2.2%) 2 (2.2%) 6 (2.8%) 9 (9%)
Rey's delayed recall
Corrected 9.5 (2.7) 9.2 (2.8) 9.9 (2.4) 0.011 10.2 (2.7) 9.6 (2.4) 8.7 (2.9) < 0.001
Equivalent 3.3 (1.0) 3.2 (1.1) 3.5 (0.9) < 0.001 3.6 (0.7) 3.4 (0.9) 3.0 (1.3) < 0.001
Failed 11 (2.7%) 8 (3.6%) 3 (1.6%) 0 (0%) 4 (1.9%) 7 (7%)
Borderline 18 (4.4%) 11 (4.9%) 7 (3.8%) 2 (2.2%) 6 (2.8%) 10 (10%)
MFTC Test
Time corrected 53.8 (22.6) 56.3 (20.6) 50.8 (24.5) 0.015 59.4 (19.0) 52.8 (18.1) 50.8 (31.7) 0.01
Time equivalent 3.9 (0.5) 3.9 (0.5) 3.9 (0.6) 0.919 3.8 (0.6) 3.9 (0.4) 3.8 (0.8) 0.043
Failed 3 (0.7%) 1 (0.4%) 2 (1.1%) 1 (1.1%) 0 (0%) 2 (2%)
Borderline 3 (0.7%) 1 (0.4%) 2 (1.1%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.5%) 2 (2%)
False alarms corrected 0.5 (1.8) 0.5 (2.1) 0.5 (1.3) 0.955 0.4 (1.5) 0.4 (1.5) 0.7 (2.5) 0.54
False alarms equivalent 3.5 (1.1) 3.6 (1.0) 3.5 (1.1) 0.098 3.5 (1.0) 3.6 (1.0) 3.5 (1.1) 0.881
Failed 16 (3.9%) 8 (3.6%) 8 (4.4%) 2 (2.2%) 7 (3.3%) 7 (7%)
Borderline 17 (4.2%) 6 (2.7%) 11 (6%) 5 (5.4%) 10 (4.7%) 2 (2%)
Frontal assessment battery
Corrected 16.1 (1.6) 16.2 (1.7) 16.1 (1.6) 0.958 16.4 (1.4) 16.2 (1.6) 15.8 (1.9) 0.059
Equivalent 3.0 (1.1) 3.0 (1.1) 2.9 (1.1) 0.43 3.1 (1.0) 3.0 (1.1) 2.8 (1.4) 0.299
Failed 23 (5.7%) 11 (4.9%) 12 (6.6%) 2 (2.2%) 9 (4.2%) 12 (12%)
Borderline 21 (5.2%) 14 (6.3%) 7 (3.8%) 3 (3.2%) 10 (4.7%) 8 (8%)
Digit span forward
Corrected 5.8 (1.2) 6.0 (1.2) 5.7 (1.2) 0.047 5.8 (1.2) 5.8 (1.2) 6.0 (1.1) 0.359
Equivalent 3.1 (1.2) 3.1 (1.2) 3.0 (1.2) 0.177 3.0 (1.1) 3.0 (1.3) 3.2 (1.3) 0.555
Failed 33 (8.1%) 19 (8.5%) 14 (7.7%) 4 (4.3%) 21 (9.9%) 8 (8%)
Borderline 11 (2.7%) 4 (1.8%) 7 (3.8%) 7 (7.5%) 0 (0%) 4 (4%)
Digit span backwards
Corrected 4.0 (1.0) 4.2 (1.0) 3.8 (0.9) < 0.001 3.9 (1.0) 4.0 (1.0) 4.1 (1.0) 0.437
Equivalent 2.7 (1.3) 2.8 (1.2) 2.4 (1.3) 0.002 2.5 (1.4) 2.7 (1.2) 2.7 (1.3) 0.42
Failed 32 (7.9%) 12 (5.4%) 20 (10.9%) 11 (11.8%) 13 (6.1%) 8 (8%)
Borderline 44 (10.8%) 24 (10.8%) 20 (10.9%) 8 (8.6%) 21 (9.9%) 15 (15%)
Trail making
Corrected 100.8 (71.4) 89.6 (68.5) 114.3 (72.7) < 0.001 107.8 (50.6) 89.5 (60.2) 118.2 (100.6) 0.003
Equivalent 2.5 (1.3) 2.7 (1.3) 2.2 (1.3) < 0.001 2.1 (1.1) 2.7 (1.2) 2.3 (1.5) < 0.001
Failed 38 (9.4%) 17 (7.6%) 21 (11.5%) 4 (4.3%) 13 (6.1%) 21 (21%)
Borderline 70 (17.2%) 28 (12.6%) 42 (23%) 30 (32.3%) 29 (13.6%) 11 (11%)
Other measures
PSQI 7.7 (4.1) 6.5 (3.4) 9.2 (4.4) < 0.001 7.6 (4.1) 7.8 (4.2) 7.6 (4.0) 0.921
PSQI > 5 262 (64.5%) 122 (54.7%) 140 (76.5%) < 0.001 57 (61.3%) 135 (63.4%) 70 (70%) 0.333
Ham-A 6.7 (6.7) 4.9 (5.5) 8.8 (7.4) < 0.001 7.0 (6.5) 7.5 (7.2) 4.8 (5.5) 0.005
Ham-A > 7 131 (32.3%) 49 (22%) 82 (44.8%) < 0.001 38 (40.9%) 75 (35.2%) 18 (18%) < 0.001
Ham-D 5.0 (4.7) 4.0 (4.3) 6.2 (4.9) < 0.001 4.9 (4.4) 5.7 (5.0) 3.7 (4.1) 0.002
Ham-D > 7 104 (25.6%) 44 (19.7%) 60 (32.8%) 0.004 27 (29%) 61 (28.6%) 16 (16%) 0.022
K10 17.8 (6.9) 16.0 (6.4) 19.8 (7.0) < 0.001 19.2 (8.0) 18.1 (6.8) 15.5 (5.4) 0.003
K10 > 19 107 (26.4%) 41 (18.4%) 66 (36.1%) < 0.001 30 (32.3%) 62 (29.1%) 15 (15%) 0.039

Values are expressed as mean (SD) for numeric variables and count (%) for categorical variables.

MMSE, Mini-Mental State Exam; MFTC, Multiple Features Target Cancellation test; PSQI, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index; Ham-A, Hamilton Anxiety scale; Ham-D, Hamilton Depression scale; K10, Kessler Psychological Distress.

Values in bold highlight statistically significant differences.