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Table 2 Gender specified characteristics of 2600 participants according to the MoCA scores and ANOVA results

From: Joint associations of smartphone use and gender on multidimensional cognitive health among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

NSFU

N(%)

MoCA scorea

Sub-score of MoCA in six cognitive domains (mean ± sd)

Memory

Visuospatial

Executive

Attention

Language

Orientation

Men

 0

928 (66.24)

21.84 ± 4.37

2.33 ± 1.91

2.17 ± 1.42

1.84 ± 1.10

5.04 ± 1.21

4.48 ± 1.31

5.69 ± 0.74

 1

206 (14.70)

23.87 ± 3.56

3.08 ± 1.78

2.68 ± 1.19

2.18 ± 0.99

5.35 ± 0.92

4.91 ± 1.15

5.80 ± 0.58

 2+

267 (19.06)

25.29 ± 3.35

3.12 ± 1.64

3.15 ± 1.03

2.73 ± 1.08

5.68 ± 0.63

5.20 ± 1.05

5.85 ± 0.42

F-value

 

82.55*

24.21*

57.58*

69.14*

38.59*

37.07*

7.35*

Women

 0

893 (74.48)

20.12 ± 4.59

2.61 ± 1.89

1.36 ± 1.38

1.47 ± 1.02

4.52 ± 1.46

4.00 ± 1.44

5.65 ± 0.69

 1

138 (11.51)

22.38 ± 4.66

2.96 ± 1.90

2.04 ± 1.37

1.98 ± 1.14

5.03 ± 1.13

4.62 ± 1.34

5.75 ± 0.69

 2+

168 (14.01)

24.75 ± 3.68

3.18 ± 1.70

2.71 ± 1.25

2.41 ± 1.11

5.49 ± 0.93

5.10 ± 1.11

5.87 ± 0.34

F-value

 

82.64*

6.99*

74.2*

60.27*

39.26*

49.17*

8.23*

  1. Note: a The MoCA score has been adjusted according to the years of education; * denotes p < 0.007; NSFU represents the number of smartphone functions used