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Published in final edited form as: Res Gerontol Nurs. 2011 Sep 16;5(2):94–100. doi: 10.3928/19404921-20110831-02

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Persons with MCI Initiating and Not Initiating Health-Related Activities

	Initiating Health-Related Activities
Characteristic	Yes (n=33)	No (n=20)	t or Χ² (df)	p
Gender, female	14	7	0.29 (1)	.243
Ethnicity, Caucasian	31	18	--	.627^*
Age, in years	69 (9.3)	74 (8.1)	1.91 (51)	.060
Marital status, married	25	16	0.13 (1)	.721
Education, in years	16 (2.7)	15 (2.9)	−1.71 (51)	.090
MCI type, amnestic	27	15	0.35 (1)	.553
Global cognition (Folstein MMSE)	28 (2.1)	27 (2.4)	−1.14 (51)	.261
Depressive symptoms (Hamilton DRS)	5 (4.6)	3 (3.1)	−1.62 (51)	.111

Note:

Fisher’s Exact Test

MMSE = Mini-Mental Status Exam; DRS = Depression Rating Scale;