Table 2 Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale in diabetics and controls

MoCA

 MCI (22-25)

0 (0%)

17 (56.7%)

χ² = 23.721^*

< 0.001^*

 Normal (≥ 26)

30 (100%)

13 (43.3%)

MoCA total score

27.9 ± 0.8

24.9 ± 2

t = 7.724^*

< 0.001^*

 Orientation

5.5 ± 0.6

4.7 ± 0.6

t = 5.086^*

< 0.001^*

Short-term memory

4.6 ± 0.5

3.7 ± 0.6

t = 6.188^*

< 0.001^*

 Executive

4.5 ± 0.5

4 ± 0.6

t = 3.893^*

< 0.001^*

 Language

3

2.6 ± 0.5

t = 4.097^*

< 0.001^*

 Abstraction

2

2 ± 0

–

–

 Animal naming

3

3 ± 0

–

–

 Attention

5.3 ± 0.5

4.8 ± 0.7

t = 2.904^*

0.005^*