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Table 2 Comparisons of cognitive function parameters between patients in the MoCA screen-positive group and MoCA screen-negative group

From: Association of abdominal aortic calcification with cognitive impairment in peritoneal dialysis patients

 

All patients (n=110)

MoCA screen-positive (n=72)

MoCA screen-negative (n=38)

P value

MoCA score

22.92±5.20

20.40±4.69

27.68±1.36

<0.001

Visuospatial/executive functioning score

3.03±1.49

2.52±1.44

3.97±1.05

<0.001

Naming score

2.93±0.28

2.91±0.32

2.97±0.16

0.223

Attention score

4.89±1.41

4.45±1.55

5.71±0.46

<0.001

Language skills score

2.15±1.00

1.79±1.02

2.81±0.51

<0.001

Abstract thinking score

1.48±0.73

1.32±0.78

1.79±0.47

<0.001

Delayed recall score

2.00 (0.00, 4.00)

1.00 (0.00, 2.00)

4.00 (3.00, 4.00)

<0.001

Orientation score

5.64±0.89

5.49±1.05

5.92±0.27

0.001

  1. Abbreviations: CI, The cognitive impairment group; NCI, The non-cognitive impairment group
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