TABLE 3.
Demographic characteristics of men and women.
Characteristics | Men |
P-value | Women |
P-value | ||
mTBI | Control | mTBI | Control | |||
Age (year) | 38.33 ± 8.63 | 43.94 ± 9.89 | 0.087 | 42.64 ± 11.88 | 38.21 ± 9.90 | 0.175 |
Sex (number) | 18 | 16 | – | 22 | 24 | – |
Education (year) | 13.61 ± 3.05 | 12.98 ± 2.52 | 0.938 | 12.45 ± 2.65 | 12.67 ± 3.13 | 0.806 |
GCS Score | 15 | – | – | 15 | – | – |
MoCA score | 24.67 ± 2.03 | 26.25 ± 1.39 | 0.013 | 23.86 ± 2.61 | 25.96 ± 1.92 | 0.003 |
Visuospatial/executive | 3.94 ± 1.11 | 4.38 ± 0.50 | 0.150 | 3.36 ± 1.36 | 4.00 ± 1.32 | 0.115 |
Naming | 2.83 ± 0.38 | 2.88 ± 0.34 | 0.741 | 2.86 ± 0.35 | 2.83 ± 0.38 | 0.781 |
Attention | 2.44 ± 1.46 | 3.31 ± 0.95 | 0.051 | 2.55 ± 1.30 | 2.67 ± 1.52 | 0.774 |
Language | 2.39 ± 0.78 | 2.38 ± 0.62 | 0.955 | 2.27 ± 0.63 | 2.75 ± 0.44 | 0.005 |
Abstraction | 1.67 ± 0.59 | 1.63 ± 0.50 | 0.828 | 1.55 ± 0.60 | 1.75 ± 0.44 | 0.191 |
Memory | 5.83 ± 0.38 | 5.69 ± 0.48 | 0.332 | 5.73 ± 0.46 | 5.92 ± 0.28 | 0.103 |
Orientation | 5.56 ± 0.62 | 5.81 ± 0.54 | 0.209 | 5.50 ± 0.86 | 5.88 ± 0.34 | 0.066 |
Data are the mean ± standard deviation; mTBI, mild traumatic brain injury; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment.