Table 2

 Comparison of clinical variables between the patient groups with different denial grades (grades 0 to 3 according to the anosognosia scale of Bisiach et al3)

Denial grade
Grade 0 v 1Grade 1 v 2/3Grade 0 v 2/3
*Significant with a Bonferroni corrected α level: p = 0.0167.
MMSE, mini-mental state examination.13
Agep = 0.555p = 0.710p = 0.300
Side of lesionp = 0.272p = 0.023p = 0.065
Paresis of contralesional side
    Armp = 0.154p = 0.030p<0.001*
    Legp = 0.062p = 0.012 *p<0.001*
Visual field defectsp = 0.597p = 0.345p = 0.669
Neglectp = 0.470p = 0.002*p<0.001*
Visual extinctionp = 0.063p = 0.033p<0.001*
Tactile extinctionp = 0.548p = 0.049p<0.001*
Auditory extinctionp = 0.969p = 0.001*p<0.001*
Aphasiap = 0.323p = 0.070p = 0.163
MMSEp = 0.001*p = 0.258p<0.001*