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. 2013 Dec 22;2013:495793. doi: 10.1155/2013/495793

Table 1.

Means (SDs) of the raw and standardized scores for the cognitive measures at baseline, standardized scores for executive function, verbal episodic memory, overall cognition, IAV Cognitive Domains, and IAV Time for WHISCA participants by group.

Means (SDs)
Cognitive domain All (N = 2066) No impairment (N = 1965) MCI P value Probable dementia P value MCI or probable dementia (N = 101) P value
PMA vocabulary 36.93 (9.580) 37.24 (9.420) 31.19 (10.56) <0.0001 31.00 (10.44) <0.0001 30.86 (10.64) <0.0001
Letter fluency 40.03 (12.35) 40.18 (12.27) 37.47 (13.57) 0.0639 37.82 (14.50) 0.2050 37.15 (13.51) 0.0162
Category fluency 29.15 (6.215) 29.37 (6.168) 24.07 (4.922) <0.0001 25.44 (6.298) <0.0001 24.91 (5.589) <0.0001
*BVRT 6.915 (3.675) 6.755 (3.579) 9.838 (4.122) <0.0001 10.36 (4.483) <0.0001 10.01 (4.151) <0.0001
CVLT (learning) 29.03 (6.174) 29.34 (6.009) 23.05 (5.527) <0.0001 22.00 (6.931) <0.0001 23.03 (6.308) <0.0001
CVLT (short-delay free recall) 8.587 (3.018) 8.756 (2.925) 5.365 (2.672) <0.0001 4.822 (3.284) <0.0001 5.287 (2.923) <0.0001
CVLT (long-delay free recall) 9.334 (2.975) 9.488 (2.893) 6.203 (2.669) <0.0001 6.022 (3.583) <0.0001 6.337 (2.984) <0.0001
Digits forward 7.484 (2.059) 7.524 (2.066) 6.608 (1.719) <0.0001 6.978 (1.738) 0.0789 6.713 (1.751) <0.0001
Digits backward 6.723 (2.022) 6.765 (2.029) 6.041 (1.716) 0.0025 5.867 (1.590) 0.0005 5.891 (1.696) <0.0001
Card rotations 56.38 (26.94) 57.13 (26.81) 43.78 (24.26) <0.0001 36.89 (26.25) <0.0001 41.66 (25.30) <0.0001
Finger tapping (dominant) 38.57 (7.561) 38.67 (7.566) 36.64 (7.242) 0.0237 38.00 (6.801) 0.5583 36.71 (7.245) 0.0113
Finger tapping (nondominant) 36.46 (6.417) 36.58 (6.419) 34.11 (6.080) 0.0012 35.32 (5.915) 0.1931 34.14 (5.955) 0.0002

Standardized total score (z-scores): verbal fluency, CVLT, digits forward and backward, and fine motor speed
Verbal fluency −0.046 (0.952) −0.019 (0.945) −0.633 (0.873) <0.0001 −0.490 (1.009) 0.0010 −0.570 (0.932) <0.0001
CVLT 0.024 (0.932) 0.076 (0.902) −1.01 (0.813) <0.0001 −1.11 (1.104) <0.0001 −0.988 (0.926) <0.0001
Digits forward and backward −0.017 (0.993) 0.006 (0.997) −0.446 (0.805) <0.0001 −0.396 (0.718) 0.0006 −0.460 (0.787) <0.0001
Fine motor speed −0.102 (1.085) −0.084 (1.085) −0.456 (1.037) 0.0038 −0.246 (0.995) 0.3216 −0.449 (1.028) 0.0010

Standardized scores (z-scores): executive function, verbal episodic memory, and overall cognition
Executive function −0.038 (0.978) −0.008 (0.976) −0.661 (0.816) <0.0001 −0.544 (0.862) 0.0003 −0.633 (0.839) <0.0001
Verbal episodic memory 0.024 (0.932) 0.076 (0.902) −1.01 (0.813) <0.0001 −1.11 (1.104) <0.0001 −0.988 (0.926) <0.0001
Overall cognition −0.128 (0.962) −0.077 (0.938) −1.10 (0.887) <0.0001 −1.12 (0.906) <0.0001 −1.11 (0.902) <0.0001

IAV Cognitive Domains (standard deviation across cognitive domains at baseline)
SD 0.806 (0.260) 0.804 (0.259) 0.811 (0.272) 0.8182 0.917 (0.288) 0.0042 0.843 (0.269) 0.1475

IAV time (slope of IAV Cognitive Domains across measurement occasions)
Slope SD 0.003 (0.519) −0.009 (0.512) 0.221 (0.600) 0.0017 0.281 (0.594) 0.0002 0.237 (0.604) 0.0001

Note. PMA vocabulary: primary mental abilities vocabulary (total correct  −  1/3 number incorrect); letter fluency: letter fluency (number correct); category fluency: category fluency (number correct); BVRT: Benton Visual Retention Test (total figures with errors); CVLT (learning): California Verbal Learning Test (number correct 3 list A trials); CVLT (short-delay free-recall): California Verbal Learning Test (number correct list A short-delay free recall); CVLT (long-delay free-recall): California Verbal Learning Test (number correct list A long-delay free-recall); digits forward: digit span forward (number correct); digits backward: digit span backward (number correct); card rotations: card rotations (total correct  −  total incorrect); finger tapping (dominant): finger tapping test (taps for dominant hand); finger tapping (nondominant): finger tapping test (taps for nondominant hand); *higher scores reflect poorer performance.