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. 2024 Feb 13;79(4):glae038. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glae038

Table 2.

Baseline Demographic Characteristics, Neuropsychological Performance, and SCC in the Overall Sample, MCR, and Non-MCR

Overall Sample Slow Gait Normal Gait p
N = 278 n = 42 n = 236
M SD M SD M SD
Demographic characteristics
 Age 77.217 4.747 78.010 5.576 77.075 4.583 ns
 Education years 15.0 3.610 15.210 3.418 14.960 3.648 ns
 % female 67.0 65.1 67.3 ns
 % White 46.3 41.9 47.0 ns
 Depression (adj-GDS) 2.122 1.867 2.762 2.418 2.009 1.733 .016
 Gait speed (cm/s) 98.401 27.848 58.289 11.298 105.540 23.519 <.001
SCC
 CCI-40 Total 63.360 18.147 66.119 22.755 62.869 17.212 ns
 % GDS memory item 13.3 18.6 12.5 ns
Neuropsychological measures
 MoCA 23.470 3.538 23.070 3.612 23.540 3.528 ns
 DSym 34.600 10.274 30.610 9.415 35.310 10.277 .007
 NSF 7.380 2.176 7.360 2.082 7.390 2.197 ns
 NSB 5.800 2.178 5.450 1.990 5.860 2.208 ns
 TMT A 48.490 21.309 56.480 29.410 47.050 19.230 .008
 TMT B 124.340 58.032 141.470 54.227 121.520 58.276 ns
 FSL 37.280 12.705 35.860 11.108 37.540 12.973 ns
 CAT 27.990 7.403 27.240 7.241 28.120 7.438 ns
 MINT 25.610 4.324 26.310 3.659 25.480 4.427 ns
 CS 1 14.550 4.157 14.480 3.611 14.570 4.254 ns
 CS 2 12.960 4.277 12.620 4.114 13.030 4.311 ns
 Benson figure copy 14.830 1.448 14.710 1.582 14.860 1.425 ns
 Block design 23.630 9.267 21.260 7.044 24.060 9.559 ns

Notes: adj-GDS = reflects the total Geriatric Depression Scale short form score with the GDS memory item removed; Benson figure copy (25); Block Design (37); CAT = category fluency for animals and vegetables (38); CCI-40 = The Cognitive Change Index 40-Item Version; CS 1 = Craft Story 1; CS 2 = Craft Story 2 (39); Dsym = Digit Symptom Modalities (40); FSL = Phonemic Verbal Fluency for letters F, S, and L (41); MCR = motoric cognitive risk syndrome; MINT = Multilingual Naming Test (42); MoCA = Montreal Cognitive Assessment (43); ns = not significant; non-MCR = non-motoric cognitive risk syndrome; NSB = Number Span Backward (37); NSF = Number Span Forward; SCC = subjective cognitive concerns; TMT A = Trail Making Test A; TMT B = Trail Making Test B (44).