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

Table 3. Correlations between questionnaires and cognitive tests.

MG-QOL BDI Epworth
p-value r p-value r p-value r
Age 0.306 2 - 0.157 2 - 0.328 2 -
Education 0.352 2 - 0.609 2 - 0.313 2 -
Length of illness 0.114 2 - 0.776 2 - 0.967 2 -
MMSE 0.101 2 - 0.001 -0.551 2 0.582 2 -
MoCA 0.628 2 - 0.155 2 - 0.678 2 -
PVF 0.995 2 - 0.253 2 - 0.822 2 -
SVF 0.609 2 - 0.157 2 - 0.571 2 -
A1-A5 0.796 2 - 0.218 2 - 0.675 2 -
A6 0.048 0.777 2 0.617 2 - 0.162 2 -
A7 0.333 2 0.713 2 - 0.111 2 -
MG-QOL - - 0.007 0.449 2 0.491 2 -
MGCS <0.001 0.775 2 0.054 2 - 0.085 2 -
BDI 0.007 0.449 2 - - 0.089 2 -
Epworth 0.491 2 - 0.089 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 memory retention; A7: recent memory; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; MG-QOL: Myasthenia Gravis - quality of life scale; MGCS: Myasthenia Gravis Composite Scale; 1 Spearman's correlation; 2 Pearson correlation.