Skip to main content

Table 2 Comparison of MMSE subscale among four groups of older elderly men

From: Cognitive performance in older elderly men with late-life depression and cardiovascular comorbidities: symptomatological correlation

 

HC (n = 33)

CVD (n = 101)

LLD (n = 34)

LLD + CVC (n = 49)

ANOVA ( F, p value)

Post hoc a

Orientation

7.73 ± 1.13

7.84 ± 1.08

7.82 ± 0.87

7.92 ± 1.10

(F = 0.22, p = 0.89)

-

Registration

2.48 ± 0.57

2.59 ± 0.51

2.47 ± 0.56

2.45 ± 0.54

(F = 1.07, p = 0.36)

-

Attention

3.94 ± 0.61

3.90 ± 0.61

3.91 ± 0.57

3.71 ± 0.71

(F = 1.27, p = 0.28)

-

Recall memory

2.09 ± 0.38

1.98 ± 0.55

1.94 ± 0.34

1.61 ± 0.64

(F = 7.26, p < 0.0005)

HC > LLD + CVC, CVC > LLD + CVC

Language

7.06 ± 0.79

6.97 ± 0.69

7.24 ± 0.74

7.02 ± 0.78

(F = 1.13, p = 0.34)

-

Spatial concept

0.88 ± 0.33

0.94 ± 0.24

0.91 ± 0.29

0.92 ± 0.28

(F = 0.46, p = 0.71)

-

  1. Data are presented as means ± SD. HC, healthy controls; CVC, cardiovascular comorbidities; LLD, late-life depression; LLD + CVC, late-life depression with cardiovascular comorbidities. aThe direction of '>’ shows performance from better to worse.