Table 2.
Mini-Mental State Examination (mean±SD) in General Linear Model analysis (3way ANOVA): effect of age, education and sex (univariate model).
| Effect | MMSE Mean±SD |
P value |
|---|---|---|
| Age | <0.001 | |
| Younger adults (20-40 years) | ||
| Middle age (41-65 years) | ||
| Older adults (≥66 years) | ||
| Education | <0.001 | |
| Low (0-5 years) | 26.2±0.15 | |
| Medium (6-11 years) | 27.2±0.12 | |
| High (≥12 years) | 28.1±0.12 | |
| Education* age | 0.003 | |
| Low | ||
| Younger adults | 26.9±0.40 | |
| Middle age | 26.0±0.16 | |
| Older adults | 25.7±0.17 | |
| Medium | ||
| Younger adults | 27.1±0.24 | |
| Middle age | 27.7±0.19 | |
| Older adults | 27.0±0.23 | |
| High | ||
| Younger adults | 28.8±0.12 | |
| Middle age | 27.9±0.25 | |
| Older adults | 27.5±0.25 | |
| Education* sex | 0.011 | |
| Low | ||
| Male | 26.6±0.26 | |
| Female | 25.8±0.16 | |
| Medium | ||
| Male | 27.1±0.20 | |
| Female | 27.4±0.15 | |
| High | ||
| Male | 28.2±0.19 | |
| Female | 27.9±0.16 |