Increased Brain Iron Deposition in the Putamen in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Detected by Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping

Table 2

Cognitive functioning assessment of the participants.

Variables	T2DM ()	HC ()	Statistical value
Gender (male)	11 (47.82%)	14 (53.84%)	0.177^a	0.674
Age, years			1.650^b	0.205
Education, years			0.515 ^b	0.609
MoCA			3.237 ^b	0.003
SCWT-A	24 (21,30)	24 (20,26.25)	-2.205	0.360
SCWT-B	40 (35,50)	34 (30,37.75)	-0.915	0.026
SCWT-C	87 (65,110)	63 (60,76.75)	-2.232	0.003
SCWT (C-B)	48 (29,58)	34 (25.75,40.5)	-2.963	0.027
SCWT-Sum (A+B+C) #	157 (128,188)	123 (112,152)	-2.336c	0.020

a: Chi-square test; b: independent samples -test; c: Mann–Whitney test. scores measured as a number; ^#scores measured in seconds. Sum: the sum of multiple subtests.