Table 3.
Test scores by sex (raw score means and standard deviations)
Female | Male | |||
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N=555 | N=263 | η2 (95% CI) | P-value | |
3MSE, Total Cognitive Score | 88.4 (9.4) | 88.5 (9.06) | 0.00 ( − , 0.01) | 0.81 |
CVLT-II Short Form | ||||
Total Learned, Words | 23.0 (5.0) | 21.8 (5.5) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.03) | 0.003 |
Short Delay Free Recall, Words | 6.1 (2.0) | 5.6 (2.1) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.03) | 0.003 |
Long Delay Free Recall, Words | 5.6 (2.3) | 5.2 (2.2) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.02) | 0.021 |
Long Delay Cued Recall, Words | 6.1 (2.0) | 5.7 (2.1) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.02) | 0.023 |
Total Recognition Discriminability, Score | 2.6 (0.7) | 2.5 (0.8) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.03) | 0.006 |
WAIS Coding, Total Score | 44.5 (16.3) | 43.0 (14.8) | 0.00 ( − , 0.01) | 0.19 |
COWA, Correct words | 24.9 (11.4) | 23.4 (11.4) | 0.00 ( − , 0.02) | 0.086 |
Finger tap, Dominant hand | 33.1 (9.4) | 38.9 (9.9) | 0.07 (0.04, 0.11) | <0.001 |
Grip strength, Dominant hand | 20.5 (6.2) | 34.0 (8.8) | 0.44 (0.39, 0.48) | <0.001 |
Notes: 3MS= Modified Mini Mental State; Coding = WAIS-IV Coding; COWA = Controlled Oral Word Test; FTT = Finger Tapping Test; CVLT-II SF = California Verbal Learning Test – 2nd edition Short Form. P-values represent test from Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), with effect size given as eta-squared (η2) with 95% confidence interval (95% CI).