Table 5

Means (SD) and mean differences (95% CI) for the neuropsychological tests for both groups

Neuropsychological testGroup meanMean difference95% CI
Patients (SD)Controls (SD)
Perception and construction:
 Line orientation (ms)813  (212)552  (251) 26194 to 428
 Rey-Osterrieth copy (rs)35.3 (1.3)35.5 (0.7)−0.25−1.0 to 0.5
 WAIS block design (rs)14.6 (6.0)17.3 (5.6)−2.6−6.9 to 1.6
Memory:
 Digit span forward (nc)5.8 (1.2)5.7 (1.2)0.0−0.9 to 0.9
 Digit span backward (nc)4.5 (1.0)4.5 (1.0)0.1−0.7 to 0.8
 Corsi blocks test (nc)5.5 (1.0)4.9 (0.8)0.60.1 to 1.2
 RAVLT:
  Total trials (nc)42.7 (9.5)42.5 (9.9)3.5−6.9 to 7.4
  Delayed recall (nc)9.1 (2.7)8.8 (3.3)0.3−2.0 to 2.5
  Recognition (nc)28.8 (1.8)29.5 (0.6)−0.8−1.8 to 0.2
 Rey-Osterrieth:
  Direct recall (rs)22.6 (5.4)25.7 (5.5)−3.0−7.1 to 0.9
  Delayed recall (rs)21.7 (5.2)25.5 (4.9)−3.8−7.5 to 0.0
Language:
 Boston naming task (nc)56 (2.9)59 (1.6)−2.6−4.4 to −0.9
 Tokentest (nc)19 (1.7)20 (1.7)−1.0−2.3 to 0.3
 Chapman reading task (nc)16.8 (3.6)17.9 (4.6)−1.1−4.2 to 2.0
 Letter fluency (nc)40.3 (14)41.7 (14.8)−1.4−12 to 9.2
 Category fluency (nc)41.3 (11.5)44 (10.9)−2.7−10.9 to 5.5
Attention and executive function:
EAT:
  Mapsearch (nc)62.5 (11)65 (14)−2.5−12.5 to 7.4
  Telesearch (s)3.7 (1.0)3.3 (0.9)0.4−0.3 to 1.1
  Visual elevator (nc)8.9 (1.4)9.6 (0.6)−0.7−1.5 to 0.1
  Elevator counting (nc)6.6 (1.4)6.8 (0.6)0.4−1.0 to 0.6
  Elevator reversal (s)4.4 (2.9)6.1 (3.3)−1.7−4.1 to 0.7
  Lottery (nc)9 (1.1)9.6 (0.7)−0.6−1.3 to 0.1
 Trailmaking:
  Part A (s)37.4 (9.1)32.9 (13.2)4.4−3.8 to 12.7
  Part B (s)41.9 (15.4)37.5 (23.6)4.4−10.2 to 19
  Part C (s)67.1 (30.6)51.5 (25)15.6−5.2 to 36
 WAIS similarities (rs)18.2 (4.5)21.3 (4.2)−3.2−6.3 to −0.1
Motor function:
 MPT simple (ms)344 (60)344 (54)0.1−42 to 42
 MPT complex (ms)394 (70)391 (94)3.5−58 to 65
  • rs=Raw score; nc=number correct.