Table 3.

Neurocognitive tests of exposed and reference groups, adjusting for age and education.

	Male			Female
	Yucheng (n = 81)	Reference (n = 79)	p-Value	Yucheng (n = 81)	Reference (n = 72)	p-Value
MMSE	25.6 ± 3.3	25.3 ± 2.7	0.48	21.8 ± 3.9	22.7 ± 4.1	0.069**
VMR	27.7 ± 7.2	27.7 ± 7.9	0.99	26.3 ± 7.4	29.1 ± 7.5	0.024*
Learning ability	3.0 ± 2.7	3.2 ± 3.0	0.71	2.9 ± 3.1	4.1 ± 1.9	0.0052*
30-min delayed recall	5.1 ± 2.7	5.4 ± 2.9	0.55	5.0 ± 2.9	5.8 ± 2.5	0.068*
DS	27.1 ± 11.0	29.2 ± 11.7	0.25	17.7 ± 8.2	19.9 ± 9.8	0.17
ADS	16.8 ± 3.6	17.4 ± 3.7	0.30	13.6 ± 3.4	15.7 ± 3.8	0.0005*
Forward	11.7 ± 2.2	12.3 ± 2.3	0.094	10.5 ± 2.4	11.9 ± 2.3	0.0002*
Backward	5.0 ± 2.2	5.0 ± 2.1	0.99	3.2 ± 1.6	3.8 ± 2.1	0.032*
VMS	12.7 ± 2.6	12.6 ± 2.9	0.96	9.7 ± 2.9	10.8 ± 2.9	0.013*
Forward	7.4 ± 1.5	7.3 ± 1.5	0.83	6.1 ± 1.7	6.6 ± 1.4	0.053**
Backward	5.3 ± 1.5	5.3 ± 1.8	0.92	3.6 ± 1.5	4.2 ± 1.7	0.013*
Finger tapping serials	24.0 ± 7.4	23.1 ± 7.1	0.41	27.9 ± 9.9	26.8 ± 9.7	0.50
Dominant hand	24.3 ± 7.0	24.3 ± 8.6	0.97	29.5 ± 10.3	28.6 ± 11.7	0.59
Nondominant hand	23.8 ± 8.3	21.7 ± 6.0	0.071	26.7 ± 9.9	25.5 ± 9.8	0.47
Luria’s sensory scores
Dominant hand	53.1 ± 9.1	54.0 ± 10.8	0.58	50.7 ± 7.8	50.2 ± 7.3	0.69
Nondominant hand	42.2 ± 9.0	42.8 ± 8.5	0.71	41.0 ± 7.4	41.7 ± 7.9	0.60
2-point discrimination	13.0 ± 2.3	12.8 ± 2.3	0.62	12.6 ± 2.1	13.0 ± 2.1	0.19
GDS-S	6.7 ± 2.2	6.6 ± 2.0	0.72	6.7 ± 2.1	6.7 ± 1.6	0.82
ADL	96.2 ± 10.3	96.6 ± 9.9	0.78	95.1 ± 9.8	96.7 ± 7.1	0.27

Values shown are mean ± SD.

^*< 0.05.

^**< 0.1.