TABLE 2.

Baseline and 12-Month Dementia Rating Scale Performance Across Groups

	Heart Failure (n = 40)		No Heart Failure (n = 35)
	Mean (SD)	Range	Mean (SD)	Range
Baseline
Dementia rating scale total	136.98 (3.93)	127–144	138.69 (4.71)	122–144
Attention	35.65 (1.35)	32–37	35.97 (1.42)	31–37
Initiation/perseveration	35.78 (2.03)	29–37	36.11 (1.71)	30–37
Construction	5.80 (0.52)	4–6	5.63 (1.03)	1–6
Conceptualization	36.48 (2.09)	31–39	36.00 (2.61)	29–39
Memory	23.50 (2.28)	16–25	24.26 (1.29)	19–25
12-Month
Dementia rating scale total	139.35 (4.64)	127–144	137.54 (4.67)	124–144
Attention	36.45 (0.88)	33–37	36.03 (1.15)	33–37
Initiation/perseveration	36.48 (1.20)	32–37	35.91 (2.38)	26–37
Construction	5.58 (0.78)	3–6	5.14 (1.92)	2–6
Conceptualization	37.50 (2.14)	28–39	36.74 (2.43)	28–39
Memory	23.35 (2.45)	16–25	23.80 (1.66)	20–25