Chinese-Language Montreal Cognitive Assessment for Cantonese or Mandarin Speakers: Age, Education, and Gender Effects

Table 2

Comparisons of age, gender, education, and MoCA-ChLA scores between Cantonese and Mandarin speakers.

Characteristics	Cantonese speaking (n = 575)	Mandarin speaking (n = 612)	P value^1	Adjusted P-value^2
Age in years, mean ± SD	61 ± 8.5	63.9 ± 11	<0.0001
Women, no. (%)	363 (63.1)	367 (60.0)	0.26
Years of education, mean ± SD	10.3 ± 3.8	12.9 ± 3.7	<0.0001
Unadjusted MoCA, mean ± SD	23.3 ± 4.2	24.4 ± 4.1	<0.0001
Adjusted MoCA^2, lsmean ± SE	23.7 ± 0.16	23.9 ± 0.15		0.36

¹From Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables and chi-square for gender.
²P-value obtained from nonparametric analysis of covariance with adjustment for age and education.