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Table 2.

Demographic and neuropsychological data

Items	HC (n = 23)	WMH		F/χ ²	P	Post hoc analyses
Items	HC (n = 23)	NC (n = 19)	MCI (n = 22)	F/χ ²	P	HC VS WMH‐NC	HC VS WMH‐MCI	WMH‐NC VS WMH‐MCI
Demographics
Age (y)	62.3 ± 1.50	67.1 ± 1.66	65.1 ± 1.54	2.311	.108^b	–	–	–
Education (y)	12.7 ± 0.67	11.7 ± 0.73	11.00 ± 0.68	1.599	.210^b	–	–	–
Gender (male/female)	12/11	9/10	9/13	0.576	.750^a	–	–	–
General cognition
MMSE	29.2 ± 0.31	28.6 ± 0.34	27.3 ± 0.32	9.653	<.001^b^,^*	0.206	<0.001^*	0.006^*
MoCA‐BJ	26.7 ± 0.36	26.4 ± 0.40	21.5 ± 0.37	61.959	<.001^b^,^*	0.667	<0.001^*	<0.001^*
Composition Z scores of each cognitive domain
Episodic Memory	0.45 ± 0.14	0.05 ± 0.16	−0.51 ± 0.15	11.137	<.001^b^,^*	0.065^*	<0.001^*	0.011^*
AVLT‐DR	0.35 ± 0.19	0.32 ± 0.21	−0.64 ± 0.19	8.626	.001^b^,^*	0.896	<0.001^*	0.001^*
VR‐DR (WMS)	0.54 ± 0.19	−0.22 ± 0.21	−0.37 ± 0.20	6.192	.004^b^,^*	0.011^*	0.002^*	0.593
Information Processing Speed	0.27 ± 0.17	0.18 ± 0.19	−0.44 ± 0.18	4.816	.011^b^,^*	0.720	0.005^*	0.020^*
TMT‐A (inverse)	0.45 ± 0.20	−0.02 ± 0.22	−0.45 ± 0.2	5.138	.009^b^,^*	0.120	0.002^*	0.142
Stroop A (inverse)	0.20 ± 0.20	0.24 ± 0.22	−0.41 ± 0.21	3.026	.056^b	–	–	–
Stroop B (inverse)	0.17 ± 0.20	0.31 ± 0.22	−0.45 ± 0.21	3.729	.030^b^,^*	0.640	0.035^*	0.015^*
Language	0.25 ± 0.13	−0.08 ± 0.19	−0.19 ± 0.18	1.678	.195	–	–	–
CVF	0.01 ± 0.21	0.11 ± 0.23	−0.11 ± 0.22	0.229	.796	–	–	–
BNT	0.48 ± 0.20	−0.26 ± 0.22	−0.28 ± 0.20	4.661	.013^b^,^*	0.014^*	0.009^*	0.961
Executive Function	0.20 ± 0.14	0.12 ± 0.16	−0.32 ± 0.14	3.741	.029^b^,^*	0.581	<0.001^*	<0.001^*
DST‐backward	0.11 ± 0.21	0.02 ± 0.23	−0.13 ± 0.22	0.320	.727	–	–	–
TMT‐B (inverse)	0.52 ± 0.19	−0.01 ± 0.21	−0.54 ± 0.19	7.490	.001^b^,^*	0.239	<0.001^*	<0.001^*
Stroop C (inverse)	−0.02 ± 0.21	0.35 ± 0.26	−0.28 ± 0.21	2.152	.125	–	–	–

Values are presented as the mean ± standard error (SE).

Abbreviations: AVLT‐DR, Auditory Verbal Learning Test‐delayed recall; BNT, Boston Naming Test; CVF, category verbal fluency; DST, Digit Span Test; HC, health control; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; MMSE, mini mental state examination; MoCA‐BJ, Beijing version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NC, normal cognition; Stroop A, B and C, Stroop Color and Word Tests A, B, and C; TMT‐A and TMT‐B, Trail Making Test‐A and B; VR‐DR, visual reproduction‐delay recall; WMH, white matter hyperintensities; WMS, Wechsler Memory Scale.

The p value was obtained by χ ² test.

The p value was obtained by one‐way ANOVA.

Indicates a statistical difference between groups, P < .05.