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Table 2 Comparison of the participants’ cognitive performance and functional status between the two groups

From: Do cognitive performance and physical function differ between individuals with motoric cognitive risk syndrome and those with mild cognitive impairment?

 

Motoric cognitive risk syndrome (n = 33)

Mild cognitive impairmenta (n = 44)

P value

Executive function

 TMT-A (s)

30.0 ± 16.3

21.9 ± 16.2

0.034

 TMT-B (s)

75.2 ± 39.1

59.0 ± 34.6

0.043

 Category fluency test

10.8 ± 3.3

13.4 ± 3.9

0.003

Attention and working memory

  

 Digit recall forwards

7.2 ± 1.4

7.3 ± 1.6

0.764

 Digit recall backwards

3.5 ± 1.1

4.3 ± 1.7

0.016

Episode memory

 California Verbal Learning Test-short form

17.6 ± 5.0

20.1 ± 5.2

0.030

Visuospatial performance

  

 Judgment of Line Orientation

13.2 ± 4.1

13.8 ± 3.2

0.522

Language

   

 Boston Naming Test

20.9 ± 5.3

23.6 ± 4.9

0.027

Depression

 Geriatric Depression Scale-15

3.9 ± 3.7

2.1 ± 2.6

0.028

Physical function

 Barthel Index

96.1 ± 10.8

99.9 ± 0.8

0.057

 IADL

20.7 ± 5.3

22.3 ± 3.9

0.150

 Tinetti gait

10.9 ± 2.0

11.9 ± 0.6

0.010

 Tinetti balance

14.2 ± 3.4

15.6 ± 1.1

0.028

 Timed Up and Go test (s)

22.7 ± 13.4

13.4 ± 3.1

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: TMT Trail Making Test, IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
  2. aAll participants in the MCI group did not have slow gait speed [1 standard deviation (SD) below the mean age- and sex-specific gait speed]