TABLE 2

Cognitive assessments from examination year 30

CognitionEmphysema#No emphysema
Raw score
 MoCA21.0±4.224.2±3.7
 RAVLT6.4±3.48.7±3.3
 DSST56.1±16.969.1±16.0
 Letter fluency35.7±12.542.4±12.8
 Stroop+27.8±12.422.4±11.1
 Category fluency18.5±5.420.5±5.4
z-score
 MoCA−0.78±1.10.06±0.97
 RAVLT−0.63±1.00.05±0.98
 DSST−0.74±1.00.06±0.98
 Letter fluency−0.49±0.970.03±0.99
 Stroop+,§−0.45±1.10.03±0.98
 Category fluency−0.35±0.990.03±1.00

Data are presented as mean±sd. MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; RAVLT: Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test; DSST: Digit Symbol Substitution Test. #: n=172. : n=2319; +: Stroop interference scores are reported; in contrast to other cognitive tests, higher Stroop scores reflect worse cognitive performance; §: Stroop interference score has been reported as an inverse score for consistency with other tests.