Medial temporal lobe atrophy is underreported and may have important clinical correlates in medical inpatients

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Analysis of the subgroup in which cognitive impairment was mentioned in the referral

Characteristic	CI not mentioned n = 59	CI mentioned n = 35	p value
Age	83.6 (8.3)	81.8 (7.3)	0.27
Female sex	61 %	77 %	0.12
In intervention originally	44 %	43 %	1.00
Living alone	66 %	83 %	0.10
Charlson index	2.2 (1.5)	2.5 (1.7)	0.45
MMSE	22.5 (4.2)	20.1 (4.4)	0.009
Clock-drawing test	3.1 (1.2)	2.7 (1.3)	0.10
WMC not commented in original report	27 (46 %)	8 (23 %)	0.03
GCA not commented in original report	40 (68 %)	20 (57 %)	0.38
MTA not commented in original report	54 (91 %)	32 (91 %)	1.00
WMC abnormal on review	34 (58 %)	24 (69 %)	0.38
GCA abnormal on review	20 (34 %)	15 (43 %)	0.51
MTA abnormal on review	16 (27 %)	18 (51 %)	0.03

Data are presented as mean (SD) or number (percentages). Abbreviations: CI = Cognitive Impairment, MMSE = mini-mental state examination.

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