Table 3.
Formation process of the 6-year education cutoff in ischemic cerebrovascular disease patients (n = 338)
| Educational level groupsa | Kruskal-Wallis/t test | Adjacent pairwise comparisonsb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | ||||||
| ≤2 (n = 37) 13.16 ± 5.36 | 3–6 (n = 94) 18.37 ± 6.70 | 7–9 (n = 76) 21.53 ± 5.92 | 10–12 (n= 75) 23.32 ± 6.59 | >12 (n = 56) 26.25 ± 3.83 | H(4) = 105.965, p = 0.000 | (≤2)<(3–6)<(7–9)<(10–12)<(>12) |
|
Step 2 | ||||||
| ≤2 (n = 37) 13.16 ± 5.36 | 3–6 (n = 94) 18.37 ± 6.70 | 7–12 (n = 151) 22.42 ± 6.30 | >12 (n = 56) 26.25 ± 3.83 | H(3) = 101.126, p = 0.000 | (≤2)<(3–6)<(7–12)<(>12) | |
|
Step 3 | ||||||
| ≤6 (n = 131, 38.76%) 16.90 ± 6.75 | >6 (n = 207, 61.24%) 23.45 ± 5.98 | t’251.861 = −9.081, p = 0.000 | – | |||
a
Values are means ± SD of raw scores of the MoCA-CS; groups are divided by number of years of education.
b
p < 0.05 for post hoc test.