Research Article

Cognitive Functions across the GNB3 C825T Polymorphism in an Elderly Italian Population

Table 4

Unadjusted values of the score of the neuropsychological tests across the C825T polymorphism of GNB3 gene. The C-carriers were also cumulated.

TestsCC CT C-carriers cumulated TT

MMSE score (24.8–26.6) (25.9–27.3) (25.3–26.6) (25.4–27.9)
Digit span score (5.5–6.9) (5.8–6.4) (5.6–6.1) (4.6–5.9)
Immediate prose memory score (6.8–8.9) (7.4–9.9) (7.2–8.8) (5.3–9.0)
Delayed prose memory score (8.8–11.4) (9.5–12.8) (9.2–11.3) (7.5–12.3)
MI 10 score (3.1–4.5) (2.7–4.4) (3.1–4.2) (1.8–4.7)
MI 30 score (0.5–1.5) (0.5–2.0) (0.6–1.4) (0.3–2.9)
Verbal fluency score (7.1–9.0) (8.1–10.6) (7.7–9.3) (5.6–8.1)
TMT A (seconds) (61.3–76.9) (58.9–78.6) (62.7–75.8) (55.5–103.4)
TMT B (seconds) (140.9–196.4) (124.9–169.6) (140.2–176.8) (119.1–213.5)
Figure copying score (1.4–1.7) (1.6–1.9) (1.5–1.8) (1.3–1.9)
Figure drawing score (1.2–1.5) (1.6–1.9) (1.4–1.6) (1.1–1.7)
Abstraction score (2.2–3.2) (2.2–3.3) (2.5–3.1) (2.5–4.4)
Overlapping figure score (15.1–19.5) (15.9–20.7)17.3 9.5 (15.6–19.1) (14.5–22.8)
Clock test score (6.0–7.6) (5.5–7.5) (6.0–7.3) (4.9–7.8)

MMSE: mini-mental state examination; MI 10 and MI 30: memory with interference at 10 and 30 seconds; TMTs: trail making tests.