Table 3.
Sociodemographic, cultural and clinical characteristics of preliminary normative groups for Stroop color and word test.
| Groups by age and education |
19-39 years old | 40-59 years old | 60-75 years old | p | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five to eight (n=20) Mean (SD) |
Nine or more (n=30) Mean (SD) |
Five to eight (n=16) Mean (SD) |
Nine or more (n=23) Mean (SD) |
Five to eight (n=21) Mean (SD) |
Nine or more (n=48) Mean (SD) |
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| Age (years) | 32.75(4.88) | 26.80(6.05) | 48.50 (6.04) | 48.91(6.76) | 67.76(4.36) | 67.40(4.30) | <0.001 | |||
| Education (years) | 5.30(1.21) | 13.23(3.14) | 4.69(1.49) | 13.24(3.69) | 4.57(1.36) | 14.67(4.21) | <0.001 | |||
| Sex | Male | 4 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | <0.001 | ||
| Female | 16 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| Reading and writing habits | 10.05(3.20) | 11.40(5.00) | 10.00(3.63) | 14.22(5.99) | 9.95(4.70) | 14.70(4.99) | <0.001 | |||
| MMSE score | * | * | 26.00(2.75) | 27.87(1.68) | 24.74(2.76) | 27.64(2.14) | <0.001 | |||
| GDS 30 | 11.53(4.03) | 7.90(4.64) | 9.33(5.53) | 7.95(4.70) | 8.06(4.95) | 6.31(3.40) | 0.025 | |||
| GDS 15 | 5.30(2.17) | 3.63(2.38) | 4.50(2.68) | 3.91(2.33) | 3.68(2.38) | 2.84(1.64) | 0.007 | |||
*
MMSE was not administered to 19-39 year-old individuals.