Table 1.
Demographics and off‐line cognitive scores
| Young adults | Older adults | All | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | A+ | A− | A + versus A− | All | A+ | A− | A + versus A− | Y versus O adults | A + versus A− | |
| Demographics | ||||||||||
| N | 28 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| Age, years (range) | 25.0 (20–31) | 23.6 | 25.0 | 0.89 | 68.1 (65–74) | 68.3 | 68.1 | 0.69 | 0.53 | |
| Gender (f/m) | 15/13 | 6/6 | 10/6 | 0.59 | 15/13 | 6/6 | 10/6 | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.69 |
| Education, yrs (range) | 14.7 (12–19) | 13.7 | 15.2 | 0.19 | 14.6 (9–27) | 14.4 | 14.3 | 0.96 | 0.69 | 0.35 |
| Cognitive scores | ||||||||||
| MMSE (range) | 29.3 (27–30) | 29.2 | 29.3 | 0.78 | 28.9 (27–30) | 29.1 | 28.9 | 0.54 | 0.23 | 0.51 |
| WM 1‐back | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 0.79 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 0.76 | <0.002 | 0.86 |
| WM 2‐back | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 0.84 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 0.11 | <0.001 | 0.19 |
| WM 3‐back | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 0.68 | 5 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 0.39 | <0.001 | 0.74 |
| SRB | 22.6 | 21.7 | 23.1 | 0.38 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 26.3 | 0.51 | <0.001 | 0.69 |
MMSE = Mine‐mental state examination; WM = Working memory N‐back test; SRB = Word comprehension.