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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012 Oct;20(10):878–886. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318252e5cb

Table 2.

Risk assessment mean rankings

NC participants MCI participants p-value NC study partners MCI study partners p-value
Autopsy Vignette 1.0±0.2 1.4±0.8 0.005a 1.1±0.2 1.5±0.9 0.01b
Blood Draw Vignette 2.0±0.2 2.0±0.6 0.6 2.0±0.4 2.1±0.7 0.6
Oral Medical Vignette 3.0±0.2 2.7±0.6 0.004c 3.0±0.2 2.7±0.7 0.02d
Neurosurgery Vignette 4.0±0.2 3.9±0.5 0.3 4.0±0.2 3.8±0.7 0.09

Note: Data presented as mean ± standard deviation; Mann-Whitney tests were used to calculate between group comparisons for each vignette

a

Significant difference between NC and MCI participants (z=−2.8, df=1,79, p=0.005)

b

Significant difference between NC and MCI study partners (z=−2.6, df=1,64, p=0.01)

c

Significant difference between NC and MCI participants (z=−2.9, df=1,79, p=0.004)

d

Significant difference between NC and MCI study partners (z=−2.3, df=1,64, p=0.02)