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Table 3 Cognitive functioning

From: Use of CNS medications and cognitive decline in the aged: a longitudinal population-based study

Population

MMSE sum score

  
 

At baseline

After 7.6-year follow-up

p-value1

 

(1990-1991)

(1998-1999)

 
 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

 

Total population (N = 565)

28.1 ± 1.9

26.1 ± 4.8

< 0.001

Men (N = 227)

28.3 ± 1.7

26.7 ± 3.4

< 0.001

Women (N = 338)

27.9 ± 2.0

25.7 ± 3.6

< 0.001

64-74 yrs (N = 439)

28.2 ± 1.8

26.9 ± 3.6

< 0.001

≥75 yrs (N = 126)

27.5 ± 2.0

23.3 ± 6.7

< 0.001

  1. Cognitive functioning as measured by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at baseline and after a 7.6-year follow-up, by sex and age.
  2. 1significance of difference between baseline and follow-up, Wilcoxon signed rank test
  3. SD = standard deviation
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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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