Research Article

Habitual Coffee Consumption Enhances Attention and Vigilance in Hemodialysis Patients

Table 3

Influence of habitual caffeine consumption on cognitive performance in multiple domains on MoCA.

MoCA cognitive domainNoncoffee users Habitual coffee users

MoCA, total score median22.0 (7–28)23.0 (11–29)0.190
Visuospatial abilities (0–4) (0–4)0.225
Executive functions (0–4) (0–4)0.102
Attention (1–6) (0–6)0.024
Language (2–6) (1–6)0.333
The short-term memory recall task (0–5) (0–5)0.805
Orientation (3–6) (4–6)0.193

Values are expressed as mean ± SD (range).