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Table 1 Summary statistics of dependent variables measuring cognitive functioning

From: Oral health conditions and cognitive functioning in middle and later adulthood

 

Word recall A

Word recall B

Verbal fluency

Numeracy

 

Immediate recall

Delayed recall

Animal names

Test score

 

Mean (SD) of words

Mean (SD) of words

Mean (SD) of names

Mean (SD) of score

 

[range: 0–10]

[range: 0–10]

[range: 0–100]

[range: 0–4]

 

Austria

5.4 (2.0)

4.0 (2.2)

21.0 (8.2)

2.9 (0.7)

 
 

[n = 1,313]

[n = 1,313]

[n = 1,304]

[n = 1,315]

 

Germany

5.4 (1.7)

3.8 (1.9)

21.3 (7.5)

2.9 (0.8)

 
 

[n = 2,466]

[n = 2,466]

[n = 2,457]

[n = 2,492]

 

Sweden

5.4 (1.7)

4.2 (2.0)

23.1 (7.6)

2.8 (0.8)

 
 

[n = 2,623]

[n = 2,624]

[n = 2,622]

[n = 2,655]

 

Netherlands

5.3 (1.7)

4.0 (2.1)

20.1 (6.5)

2.9 (0.8)

 
 

[n = 2,556]

[n = 2,556]

[n = 2,542]

[n = 2,584]

 

Spain

3.7 (1.8)

2.5 (1.7)

14.3 (6.8)

2.2 (0.5)

 
 

[n = 2,117]

[n = 2,118]

[n = 2,082]

[n = 2,145]

 

Italy

4.4 (1.9)

3.0 (2.1)

15.1 (7.8)

2.4 (0.6)

 
 

[n = 2,869]

[n = 2,869]

[n = 2,850]

[n = 2,889]

 

France

4.7 (1.9)

3.2 (2.0)

19.7 (7.9)

2.5 (0.7)

 
 

[n = 2,723]

[n = 2,727]

[n = 2,683]

[n = 2,786]

 

Denmark

5.6 (1.8)

4.3 (2.0)

22.0 (7.2)

2.8 (0.8)

 
 

[n = 2,477]

[n = 2,478]

[n = 2,473]

[n = 2,498]

 

Greece

4.8 (1.6)

3.3 (1.7)

14.5 (5.1)

2.7 (0.7)

 
 

[n = 3,007]

[3,008]

[n = 2,987]

[n = 2,984]

 

Switzerland

5.3 (1.7)

3.9 (2.0)

21.1 (6.7)

3.0 (0.7)

 
 

[n = 1,404]

[n = 1,404]

[n = 1,404]

[n = 1,409]

 

Belgium

5.1 (1.8)

3.5 (2.0)

20.2 (6.6)

2.6 (0.7)

 
 

[n = 2,998]

[n = 2,999]

[n = 2,980]

[n = 2,999]

 

Czech Republic

5.1 (1.7)

3.4 (1.9)

19.8 (7.6)

2.7 (0.7)

 
 

[n = 2,692]

[n = 2,692]

[n = 2,684]

[n = 2,714]

 

Poland

4.3 (1.8)

2.8 (1.9)

15.5 (6.6)

2.4 (0.6)

 
 

[n = 2,377]

[n = 2,377]

[n = 2,376]

[n = 2,357]

 

Ireland

5.3 (1.8)

4.1 (2.3)

16.1 (6.4)

2.7 (0.7)

 
 

[n = 1,104]

[n = 1,104]

[n = 1,101]

[n = 1,132]

 
  1. NB: data from SHARE wave 2; results are weighted (except for Ireland for which SHARE does not provide a weighting variable).