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Cognition and Vascular Risk Factors: An Epidemiological Study

Table 3

Results of the anxiety/depression scale and cognitive tests and differences between sexes (values in mean ± SD of the score of each test).

VariablesTotalsMenWomenP value

Behaviour
 Anxiety6,52 ± 4,54,4 ± 3,77,1 ± 4,6<0,01
 Depression4,37 ± 4,53,1 ± 3,34,7 ± 4,7ns
Cognition
 Global cognition
  Minimental test27,3 ± 3,226,9 ± 3,427,4 ± 3,1ns
  Benton’s test20,7 ± 3,020,4 ± 3,320,8 ± 2,9ns
 Executive function
  Clock drawing test5,5 ± 1,85,7 ± 1,65,5 ± 1,8ns
  Alternating series test1,6 ± 0,591,6 ± 0,61,6 ± 0,5ns
 Memory
  Boston naming test8,22 ± 2,78,3 ± 2,98,1 ± 2,7ns