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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample

From: “You’ve got a friend in me”: can social networks mediate the relationship between mood and MCI?

 

NCI

MCI

 

Age mean (SD)

74.20 (6.84)

73.88 (6.12)

t (238.66) = 0.70, p = .317(equal variances not assumed)a

Female N (%)

1423 (54.5)

89 (44.5)

t (2811) = −2.73, p = .006

Years in full time education mean (SD)

11.85 (2.80)

11.44 (2.40)

t (2811) = 0.64, p = .526

Marital status N (%)

Married

1652 (63.2)

132 (66.0)

χ 2 (4) = 5.22, p = .265

Cohabiting

41 (1.6)

2 (1.0)

Single

92 (3.5)

6 (3.0)

Widowed

649 (24.8)

40 (20.0)

Divorced/Separated

178 (6.8)

20 (10.0)

LSNS6 score mean (SD)

15.66 (5.76)

14.15 (6.13)

 

Anxiety N (%)

131 (5.0)

18 (9.0)

 

Depression N (%)

617 (23.6)

78 (39.0)

 

Subjective memory complaint N (%)

843 (32.3)

200 (100)

 

Number of health conditions (SD)

2.96 (2.00)

3.33 (2.27)

t (223.24) = −2.18, p = .030(equal variances not assumed)a

Total

2613

200

 
  1. aLevene’s test indicated that homogeneity of variance could not be assumed between the MCI and NCI categories for this analysis and consequently a reduced number of degrees of freedom were used to increase the robustness of this test