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Table 2 Area differences in demographic information, prevalence of MCI and dementia, and mean score of MoCA-BJ and MMSE

From: The Beijing version of the montreal cognitive assessment as a brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment: a community-based study

 

New Town (n = 573)

Old Town (n = 238)

Rural Area (n = 190)

p-value

Adjusted p-valuec

Age

70.24 ± 6.30

73.57 ± 8.12

68.29 ± 7.42a

< .001

 

Education

12.56 ± 4.84

7.22 ± 4.97

6.30 ± 3.42b

< .001

 

% Female

53.5%

57.1%

62.6%

.083

 

% MCI

10.1%

11.8%

15.3%

.113

 

% D

1.4%

3.4%

2.6%

.113

 

MoCA

23.24 ± 4.95

18.58 ± 6.83

19.78 ± 5.93 b

< .001

 

Adjusted MoCA-BJ, mean ± SEc

20.28 ± .47

18.71 ± .45

12.33 ± .62

 

.086

MMSE

27.02 ± 3.52

24.08 ± 5.78

24.89 ± 5.01b

< .001

 

Adjusted MMSE, mean ± SEc

25.31 ± .42

24.02 ± .40

19.08 ± .55

 

.624

  1. Notes: NT = New Town; OT = Old Town; RA = Rural Area.
  2. a OT > NT > RA; b NT > OT = RA ; c p-value obtained from non-parametric analysis of covariance with adjustment for age and education.