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Table 1 Demographical and neuropsychiatric characteristics of participants

From: Interactions between subjective memory complaint and objective cognitive deficit on memory performances

 

Group

Total

 

NC

MCI

   

(N = 219)

 

(A) No SMCs (n = 116)

(B) SMCs (n = 65)

(C) No SMCs

(n = 17)

(D) SMCs (n = 21)

F or x 2

p

Post-hoc

 

Age (years)

69.34 (5.05)a

68.72 (5.44)

71.65 (3.32)

70.24 (4.43)

1.74

> .1

–

69.42 (5.03)

Education (years)

10.53 (3.53)

9.11 (4.22)

10.00 (3.18)

7.62 (3.01)

4.74

.003

A > D

9.79 (3.78)

Gender (M:F)

39:77

14:51

14:3

7:14

22.29

<.001

–

74:145

GDS

2.37 (2.11)

3.97 (2.21)

2.53 (2.40)

4.76 (2.00)

12.53

<.001

B > A; D > A, C

3.09 (2.32)

MMSE

27.91 (1.92)

26.62 (2.56)

26.00 (2.65)

25.24 (2.32)

12.50

<.001

A > B, C, D

27.12 (2.39)

  1. Note. Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables and number (%) for categorical variables
  2. M male, F female, GDS geriatric depression scale, MMSE mini-mental state examination, NC normal control, MCI mild cognitive impairment, SMCs subjective memory complaints
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