Table 1.

Comparison of demographic variables and the MoCA scale stratified by gender

	Total	Gender
		Male	Female
Variables	N = 276	N = 136	N = 140	P value a
Age (years ± SD)	67.93 ± 6.06	68.93 ± 6.30	66.95 ± 5.68	0.0064**
Male (%)	136 (49.28%)
Education (years ± SD)	11.38 ± 4.01	12.39 ± 3.98	10.40 ± 3.82	< 0.0001***
Total Score	25.33 ± 3.44	25.51 ± 3.24	25.16 ± 3.64	0.4088
Visuospatial	3.97 ± 1.03	4.15 ± 0.97	3.81 ± 1.06	0.0057**
Naming	2.76 ± 0.57	2.90 ± 0.35	2.63 ± 0.69	< 0.0001***
Memory1	4.03 ± 1.06	3.98 ± 1.07	4.08 ± 1.04	0.4418
Memory2	4.61 ± 0.81	4.55 ± 0.84	4.67 ± 0.77	0.3364
Attention1	1.85 ± 0.40	1.85 ± 0.36	1.84 ± 0.44	0.8334
Attention2	0.95 ± 0.22	0.94 ± 0.24	0.96 ± 0.20	0.5473
Attention3	2.85 ± 0.42	2.85 ± 0.41	2.84 ± 0.44	0.8441
Language1	1.25 ± 0.73	1.24 ± 0.73	1.26 ± 0.73	0.7415
Language2	0.80 ± 0.40	0.76 ± 0.43	0.84 ± 0.37	0.1025
Abstraction	1.30 ± 0.76	1.43 ± 0.75	1.19 ± 0.76	0.0086**
Delayed Recall	3.04 ± 1.71	2.98 ± 1.73	3.11 ± 1.70	0.5321
Orientation	5.95 ± 0.24	5.94 ± 0.24	5.95 ± 0.25	0.7632

MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, SD standard deviation

*: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01; ***: P < 0.0001

^a. Tested by two-sample t test