| Table 4: Comparison of education, gender, test language, and MoCA-ChLA score among the three age groups. |
| | Variables | Age 50–59 years (n = 584) | Age 60–74 years (n = 467) | Age 75–100 years (n = 141) | P value1 | Adjusted P value2 |
| | Education in years, mean ± SD | 11.4 ± 3.6 |
11.9 ± 4.2 | 12 ± 4.4 | 0.06 | | | Female, no. (%) | 384 (65.8) | 280 (60.0) | 70 (49.6) | 0.001 | | | Testing language, no. (%) | | | | | | | Cantonese | 301 (51.5) | 233 (49.9) | 41 (29.1) | <0.0001 | | | Mandarin | 283 (48.5) | 230 (49.3) | 99 (70.2) | | | | Taiwanese | 0 (0) | 4 (0.9) | 1 (0.7) | | | | Unadjusted MoCA, mean ± SD | 24.4 ± 3.8 | 23.9 ± 4.2 | 21.3 ± 5.1 | <0.0001 | | | Adjusted MoCA2, lsmean ± SE | 23.6 ± 0.6 | 22.8 ± 0.6 | 20.1 ± 0.6 | | <0.0001 |
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1P value obtained from Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables, from Chi-square test for gender, from Fisher exact test for testing language.
2P value obtained from nonparametric analysis of covariance with adjustment for education, gender, and testing language.
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