Research Article
Abstract Word Definition in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment
Table 5
Word definition task performance for asMCI, amMCI, and normal controls.
| | | asMCI patients | amMCI patients | Normal controls | value |
| Concrete word | Total score | 29.37 ± 6.27 | 29.28 ± 8.61 | 28.61 ± 8.92 | .948 | No. of core meanings | 12.63 ± 2.65 | 11.92 ± 3.55 | 11.56 ± 3.61 | .383 | No. of supplementary meanings | 4.11 ± 2.50 | 5.44 ± 3.08 | 5.50 ± 3.59 | .103 |
| Abstract word | Total score | 21.17 ± 8.61 | 20.85 ± 6.85 | 20.91 ± 7.21 | .975 | No. of core meanings | 8.85 ± 2.84 | 9.37 ± 3.16 | 8.42 ± 3.27 | .466 | No. of supplementary meanings | 3.49 ± 2.40 | 2.11 ± 1.57 | 4.07 ± 2.73 | .001 |
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Data are presented as mean ± SD. asMCI: amnestic single-domain mild cognitive impairment. amMCI: amnestic multidomain mild cognitive impairment. No.: number. .
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