Table 1 Characteristics of the two cognition groupsa.

From: Cerebral blood flow, blood supply, and cognition in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

 

Lower cognition (n = 40)

Higher cognition (n = 40)

p-value

T2DM (%, n)

55.0 (n = 22)

47.5 (n = 19)

0.5b

Age (y)

61.1 ± 9.5

62.6 ± 6.6

0.4

Sex (male, %, n)

57.5 (n = 23)

55.0 (n = 22)

0.8b

Education

  

0.8b

Low (%, n)

15.0 (n = 6)

20.0 (n = 8)

 

Middle (%, n)

47.5 (n = 19)

45.0 (n = 18)

 

High (%, n)

37.5 (n = 15)

35.0 (n = 14)

 

15-WLT total score

37.1 ± 10.0

49.8 ± 9.2

<0.001

Executive functioning (sec)

63.3 ± 35.2

34.8 ± 12.7

<0.001

Verbal fluency

20.3 ± 4.9

27.3 ± 5.5

<0.001

Cumulative cognition score

−2.30 ± 2.18

2.08 ± 1.28

<0.001

  1. Data are mean ± standard deviation. T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; WLT, (verbal memory) Word Learning Test.
  2. aonly participants who were included in the final analysis; Independent samples t-test;
  3. bPearson χ 2 test.
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