Table 2 Cognitive characteristics (N = 112; 100% male).

From: Posttraumatic stress symptom severity predicts cognitive decline beyond the effect of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in Veterans

 

Baseline visit

Follow-up visit

MoCA score

24.13 (2.893)

23.91 (3.411)

Orientation

5.81 (0.512)

5.78 (0.707)

Language

5.16 (0.865)

5.23 (0.943)

Visuospatial

6.15 (0.882)

6.02 (0.949)

Attention

16.33 (1.550)

16.13 (1.763)

Memory

9.46 (3.299)

9.27 (3.364)

Executive

11.42 (1.546)

11.31 (1.767)

MMSE score

28.31 (1.605)

28.19 (1.867)

Orientation to time

4.96 (0.207)

4.94 (0.278)

Orientation to place

4.64 (0.598)

4.68 (0.588)

Working memory

4.60 (0.895)

4.71 (0.693)

Memory

2.54 (0.709)

2.29 (0.907)

  1. MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment; MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination. Note: The number of months between baseline to follow-up ranged from 12 to 62 months for the MMSE and 9 to 51 months for the MoCA.
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