Table 5.
Raw neuropsychological test scores (mean, standard deviation) by age group for women and men.
| Sex | B±SE /t /pa |
Effect size
Cohen’s d |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | Age group | Women | Men | ||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
| MMSE | N=282 | N=120 | .59±.19 /3.11 /<.01 | −.33 | |
| Total score | 90-91 | 28.0 (1.7) | 28.0 (1.7) | ||
| 92-94 | 28.5 (1.5) | 27.4 (2.0) | |||
| ≥95 | 27.6 (1.9) | 27.0 (2.0) | |||
| Overall | 28.1 (1.7) | 27.5 (1.9) | |||
| BNT-Short | N=212 | N=103 | −.65±.23 /−2.76 /<.01 | .34 | |
| Total correct | 90-91 | 13.0 (2.0) | 13.5 (1.3) | ||
| 92-94 | 12.7 (2.0) | 13.2 (1.8) | |||
| ≥95 | 11.8 (2.0) | 12.8 (1.7) | |||
| Overall | 12.6 (2.0) | 13.2 (1.6) | |||
| CVLT-II SF Trial 2 | N=283 | N=120 | .36±.16 /2.23 /.03 | −.25 | |
| Number of words | 90-91 | 7.0 (1.4) | 6.3 (1.4) | ||
| 92-94 | 6.9 (1.3) | 6.6 (1.2) | |||
| ≥95 | 6.2 (1.5) | 6.3 (1.3) | |||
| Overall | 6.8 (1.4) | 6.4 (1.3) | |||
| CVLT-II SF Trial 3 | N=283 | N=120 | .46±.15 /3.04 /<.01 | −.35 | |
| Number of words | 90-91 | 7.6 (1.3) | 7.1 (1.3) | ||
| 92-94 | 7.6 (1.1) | 7.0 (1.4) | |||
| ≥95 | 7.1 (1.4) | 6.8 (1.3) | |||
| Overall | 7.4 (1.3) | 7.0 (1.4) | |||
| CVLT-II SF Trial 4 | N=283 | N=120 | .45±.14 /3.14 /<.01 | −.36 | |
| Number of words | 90-91 | 8.0 (1.1) | 7.5 (1.1) | ||
| 92-94 | 7.9 (1.2) | 7.4 (1.2) | |||
| ≥95 | 7.3 (1.2) | 7.0 (1.5) | |||
| Overall | 7.7 (1.2) | 7.3 (1.3) | |||
| CVLT-II SF Trials 1-4 | N=248 | N=103 | 1.53±.52 /2.97 /<.01 | −.33 | |
| Number of words | 90-91 | 27.6 (4.4) | 25.5 (4.5) | ||
| 92-94 | 27.3 (4.3) | 25.7 (4.4) | |||
| ≥95 | 25.1 (4.6) | 24.2 (3.9) | |||
| Overall | 26.8 (4.5) | 25.3 (4.3) | |||
| CVLT-II SF Short Delay | N=248 | N=103 | .55±.17 /3.34 /<.01 | −.38 | |
| Number of words | 90-91 | 7.7 (1.4) | 6.9 (1.5) | ||
| 92-94 | 7.5 (1.4) | 6.9 (1.2) | |||
| ≥95 | 6.8 (1.4) | 6.6 (1.9) | |||
| Overall | 7.4 (1.4) | 6.8 (1.5) | |||
| CVLT-II SF Long Delay | N=246 | N=103 | .80±.22 /3.55 /<.01 | −.40 | |
| Number of words | 90-91 | 7.4 (1.7) | 5.9 (2.0) | ||
| 92-94 | 6.9 (1.8) | 6.1 (1.8) | |||
| ≥95 | 5.7 (2.1) | 5.8 (2.3) | |||
| Overall | 6.7 (1.9) | 5.9 (2.0) | |||
Notes: Scores provided only for tests for which gender significantly contributed to test performance after controlling for age. MMSE – Mini-Mental State Examination, BNT-Short – Boston Naming Test – Short Form, CVLT-II SF – California Verbal Learning Test-II Short Form
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B±SE /t /p – Parameter Estimate±Standard Error /t-value /p-value from linear regression analysis with age as continuous and sex as categorical variable