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Table 3 Cognitive performance of the participants comparing patients with diabetes and without diabetes

From: Cognitive impairment and dependence of patients with diabetes older than 65 years old in an urban area (DERIVA study)

Neuropsychological variables

Non Diabetic

Diabetic

P value

n = 242

n = 69

 

Mean/SD

Mean/SD

 

Mini-mental-state examination

 Total

26.05 ± 4.03

24.88 ± 4.74

0.044

 Temporal orientation

4.43 ± 1.09

4.13 ± 1.40

0.064

 Spatial orientation

4.85 ± 0.57

4.87 ± 0.57

0.814

 Attention and calculation

4.12 ± 1.45

3.74 ± 1.85

0.076

 Memory

4.70 ± 1.20

4.39 ± 1.19

0.061

 Language

7.41 ± 1.03

7.28 ± 1.16

0.355

 Visuoconstructional skills

0.55 ± 0.49

0.48 ± 0.50

0.325

7 minute screen test

 Total

139.34 ± 26.20

138.68 ± 24.14

0.859

 Benton temporal orientation test

103.75 ± 22.23

98.90 ± 27.55

0.136

 Enhanced Cued Recall test

14.70 ± 2.48

15.11 ± 1.23

0.201

 Clock drawing test

5.51 ± 2.00

5.30 ± 2.36

0.469

 Category fluency

14.46 ± 6.20

14.26 ± 5.25

0.816

  1. Values are means ± standard deviations (SD) for normally distributed continuous data