Study on the Correlation between Chinese Medicine Syndrome and Cognitive Dysfunction in Mild Cognitive Impairment

Table 2

Comparison of MoCA and subitem scores among Chinese medicine syndromes ().

Chinese medicine syndrome	MoCA	Visual space and executive function	Naming	Attention	Language	Abstraction	Delayed recall	Orientation
Kidney deficiency and marrow reduction syndrome	22.38 ± 2.12	3.67 ± 0.95	2.64 ± 0.58	5.43 ± 0.70	1.81 ± 0.80	1.24 ± 0.58	1.74 ± 1.23	5.86 ± 0.35
Yin deficiency of heart and liver syndrome	22.83 ± 2.76	3.67 ± 1.23	2.50 ± 0.52	5.17 ± 0.72	1.75 ± 1.06	1.08 ± 0.67	2.75 ± 1.49	5.92 ± 0.29
Deficiency of heart and spleen syndrome	23.44 ± 2.04	4.11 ± 1.02	2.72 ± 0.58	5.39 ± 0.85	1.83 ± 0.62	1.28 ± 0.70	2.44 ± 1.20	5.67 ± 0.49
Turbid phlegm obstructing orifices syndrome	22.78 ± 2.04	3.64 ± 0.93	2.61 ± 0.60	5.56 ± 0.61	2.00 ± 0.86	1.36 ± 0.64	1.81 ± 1.33^#	5.81 ± 0.58
Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome	23.38 ± 2.40	3.85 ± 1.07	2.69 ± 0.63	5.31 ± 0.63	2.31 ± 0.75	1.38 ± 0.65	1.92 ± 0.86	5.92 ± 0.28

Note: vs. deficiency of heart and spleen syndrome or yin deficiency of heart and liver syndrome, ^# vs. yin deficiency of heart and liver syndrome.