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. 2023 Nov 1;14(6):753–771. doi: 10.32598/bcn.2021.1425.4

Table 1.

Demographic MoCA and rsfMRI data

Variables No. (%)/Mean±SD Sig.

COV (n=29) CON (n=20)
Demographic features Age (y) 51.62±15.99 50.7±13.42 0.83
Sex (male) 20(69) 12(60) 0.52
Educational status Elementary school 19(65.5) 9(45)
Diploma degree 9(45) 4(20) 0.29
University degree 28(57.1) 9(18.4)
MoCA MoCA (total) 20.41±6.07 28.31±3.42 < 0.001*
Normal 5 (17.2) 16(80) <0.001*
Visual 2.07±2.05 4.3±1.22 < 0.001*
Memory 3.52±1.9 4.5±0.51 0.02*
Attention 2.37±1.68 5.8±0.52 <0.001*
Speech 1.14±0.83 1.6±0.68 0.046*
Abstraction 1±0.92 1.75±0.64 0.003*
Information 5.44±0.74 5.95±0.22 0.005*
Name 2.38±0.73 2.9±0.31 0.004*
fMRI DMNpcc (IC00) 0.85±0.5 2.29±0.59 <0.001*
DAN (IC08) 1.2±0.79 2.9±1.12 <0.001*
V1 dorsal L (IC14) 1.29±0.37 0.48±0.28 <0.001*
BA25 (IC38) 0.87±0.34 0.05±0.31 <0.001*

Abbreviations: COV: COVID-19 group; CON: Control group; IC: Independent components; MoCA: Montreal cognitive assessment; rsfMRI: Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging; DMN: Default mode network; DAN: Dorsal attention network.