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Published in final edited form as: Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2014 Aug 26;15(4):508–514. doi: 10.1111/ggi.12305

Table 4.

Associations of depression, anxiety, and stress with total and domain-specific Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores, adjusting for age, sex and education

Scores Depression
Depressed
(n = 33)
Non-
depressed
(n = 247)
P-value
(depression)
Anxiety
Anxious
(n = 41)
Non-
anxious
(n = 239)
P-value
(anxiety)
Stress
Stressed
(n = 14)
Non-
stressed
(n = 266)
P-value
(stress)
MoCA total max 30, (beta [SE]) 2.10 (0.77) Ref 0.01 0.85 (0.71) Ref 0.23 1.80 (1.13) Ref 0.11
Visuospatial-executive (max 5) 1.58 (0.81–3.10) Ref 0.18 0.90 (0.49–1.66) Ref 0.74 1.06 (0.40–2.82) Ref 0.90
Naming (max 3) 1.14 (0.58–2.24) Ref 0.70 0.84 (0.45–1.57) Ref 0.59 0.87 (0.32–2.37) Ref 0.79
Attention/calculation (max 6) 1.53 (0.80–2.94) Ref 0.20 1.07 (0.59–1.95) Ref 0.82 1.57 (0.61–4.05) Ref 0.36
Language (max 3) 0.91 (0.46–1.80) Ref 0.79 1.25 (0.67–2.35) Ref 0.48 1.88 (0.68–5.16) Ref 0.22
Abstraction (max 2) 2.29 (1.00–5.23) Ref 0.05 1.77 (0.79–3.95) Ref 0.17 1.40 (0.39–5.00) Ref 0.61
Short-term memory (max 5) 3.08 (1.49–6.39) Ref 0.002 1.61 (0.86–3.02) Ref 0.14 1.86 (0.67–5.20) Ref 0.24
Orientation (max 6) 2.58 (1.31–5.09) Ref 0.01 1.61 (0.86–3.01) Ref 0.14 3.08 (1.15–8.23) Ref 0.03

Data presented as odds ratio (95% confidence interval) per 1 point score increase, unless otherwise stated. Max, maximum score; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Ref, reference group.