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. 2020 Jul-Sep;14(3):315–323. doi: 10.1590/1980-57642020dn14-030013

Table 2. Correlations between clinical variables and cognition.

Cognitive Tests Age Education Length of illness
p-value r p-value r p-value r
MMSE 0.738 - <0.001 0.602 2 0.728 2 -
MoCA 0.380 2 - <0.001 0.695 2 0.806 2 -
PVF 0.455 2 - <0.001 0.623 2 0.773 2 -
SVF 0.336 2 - <0.001 0.628 2 0.367 2 -
A1-A5 <0.00 1 - 0.591 0.001 0.50 8 2 0.778 2 -
A6 <0.001 -0.663 2 0.097 2 - 0.502 2 -
A7 <0.001 -0.643 2 0.014 0.397 2 0.324 2 -

MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; PVF: phonemic verbal fluency; SVF: semantic verbal fluency; A1-A5: immediate memory; A6: short term retention memory; A7: recent memory; 1 Spearman's Correlation; 2 Pearson Correlation