Table 1.
Demographic information and inclusion criteria for all participants.
| Gender (M/F) | Groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAG 11/5 | OG 10/4 | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | T test | P value | |
| Age | 40.8 | 8.6 | 70.5 | 6.57 | −10.5 | <0.05* |
| Edinburgh Scale | 86.3 | 15.9 | 90 | 11.87 | 1.578 | 0.126 |
| ESC | 4 | 0 | 3.85 | 0.36 | −0.712 | 0.482 |
| MMSE | 29.3 | 1.5 | 29.07 | 1.2 | 0.352 | 0.728 |
| HAD_A | 6.3 | 2.6 | 6.21 | 1.96 | 0.117 | 0.908 |
| HAD_D | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.78 | 2.93 | −1.05 | 0.303 |
| EM | 9.94 | 0.25 | 9.92 | 0.26 | 0.095 | 0.925 |
We performed two sample t-tests to compare the younger and older groups. Our analyses revealed that these two groups differed only in terms of age. MAG, Middle-aged group; OG, Older group; ESC, Education and Socio-cultural Level; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Evaluation; HAD_A, Hospital Anxiety scale; HAD_D, Hospital Depression scale; EM, Episodic Memory; SD, Standard Deviation. Bold values with an asterisk indicate significant differences.