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Table 2 Neuropsychological test results

From: Cognition after malignant media infarction and decompressive hemicraniectomy - a retrospective observational study

 

Stroke group

Control group

 

z-values

valid N

mean ± SD

CI [5% - 95%]

valid N

mean ± SD

CI [5% - 95%]

p-value

CVLT trial 1

20

-1.1 ± 1.2

[1.6 - -0.5]

20

-0.2 ± 1.0

[-0.6 - 0.3]

0.0056

CVLT trial 5

20

-2.2 ± 1.1

[-2.7 - -1.7]

20

0.2 ± 1.4

[-0.4 - 0.8]

< 0.0001

CVLT sum 1-5

19

-2.0 ± 1.1

[-2.5 - -1.5]

20

0.1 ± 0.3

[-0.1 - 0.2]

0.0001

CVLT list B

20

-1.6 ± 1.2

[-2.1 - -1.0]

20

-0.5 ± 1.4

[-1.2 - 0.2]

0.0144

CVLT short delay free recall

20

-1.8 ± 1.1

[-2.3 - -1.2]

20

0.0 ± 1.0

[-0.4 - 0.5]

0.0001

CVLT short delay cued recall

20

-1.6 ± 1.3

[-2.1 - -1.0]

20

0.0 ± 1.2

[-0.5 - 0.5]

0.0007

CVLT long delay free recall

20

-1.5 ± 1.3

[-2.1 - -0.9]

20

0.3 ± 1.2

[-0.2 - 0.8]

0.0003

CVLT long delay cued recall

20

-1.5 ± 1.2

[-2.1 - -0.9]

20

0.2 ± 1.0

[-0.2 - 0.6]

0.0001

CVLT semantic cluster ratio

19

-1.4 ± 1.2

[-2.0 - -0.9]

20

-0.3 ± 1.3

[-0.9 - 0.3]

0.0070

CVLT serial cluster ratio

20

1.9 ± 1.4

[1.2 - 2.6]

20

0.5 ± 1.2

[-0.1 - 1.1]

0.0047

CVLT slope

20

-1.1 ± 1.0

[-1.6 - -0.6]

20

0.2 ± 1.1

[-0.3 - 0.7]

0.0014

CVLT perseverations

20

0.6 ± 0.9

[0.1 - 1.0]

20

0.6 ± 0.8

[0.2 - 0.9]

0.8181

CVLT recognition hits

20

-1.1 ± 1.1

[-1.6 - -0.5]

20

0.0 ± 1.1

[-0.6 - 0.5]

0.0077

CVLT false positive

20

-1.0 ± 1.3

[-1.6 - -0.4]

20

0.1 ± 0.3

[0.0 - 0.2]

0.0071

TAP alertness w/o audio alert; median reaction time

18

-2.2 ± 0.9

[-2.6 - -1.7]

20

-0.2 ± 0.8

[-0.6 - 0.1]

< 0.0001

TAP alertness w/o audio alert; reaction time SD

18

-1.7 ± 1.3

[-2.3 - -1.1]

20

0.5 ± 1.5

[-0.2 - 1.2]

0.0001

TAP alertness with audio alert; median reaction time

18

-2.2 ± 1.0

[-2.7 - -1.7]

20

-0.3 ± 0.8

[-0.7 - 0.1]

< 0.0001

TAP alertness with audio alert; SD reaction time

18

-1.5 ± 1.3

[-2.1 - -0.8]

20

0.2 ± 0.7

[-0.1 - 0.6]

0.0002

TAP divided attention median reaction time

18

-2.0 ± 1.1

[-2.5 - -1.5]

20

-1.1 ± 0.7

[-1.5 - -0.8]

0.0008

TAP divided attention SD reaction time

18

-1.8 ± 1.0

[-2.3 - -1.3]

20

-0.2 ± 0.9

[-0.7 - 0.2]

0.0001

TAP divided attention omissions

18

-2.7 ± 0.9

[-3.2 - -2.3]

20

-0.2 ± 0.6

[-0.5 - 0.1]

< 0.0001

TAP go-no-go median reaction time

18

-1.4 ± 1.9

[-2.4 - -0.5]

20

-0.5 ± 0.6

[-0.8 - -0.2]

0.0052

TAP go-no-go reaction time SD

18

0.0 ± 1.3

[-0.7 - 0.6]

20

2.5 ± 0.8

[2.1 - 2.9]

< 0.0001

TAP go-no-go errors

18

-0.3 ± 1.1

[-0.9 - 0.2]

20

0.1 ± 0.7

[-0.2 - 0.5]

0.2482

WCST concepts

20

-1.2 ± 1.1

[-1.7 - -0.7]

20

0.0 ± 1.0

[-0.5 - 0.5]

0.0013

WCST reaction time

20

1.8 ± 3.2

[0.3 - 3.2]

20

0.0 ± 1.0

[-0.5 - 0.5]

0.0133

WCST errors

20

-0.8 ± 1.3

[-1.3 - -0.2]

20

0.0 ± 1.0

[-0.5 - 0.5]

0.0639

WCST perseverations

20

0.9 ± 1.9

[0.0 - 1.7]

20

0.0 ± 1.0

[-0.5 - 0.5]

0.0167

CFT copy

19

-2.2 ± 1.2

[-2.8 - -1.6]

20

0.9 ± 0.4

[0.8 - 1.1]

< 0.0001

CFT recall 30 min

19

-1.2 ± 0.9

[-1.7 - -0.8]

20

0.8 ± 0.6

[0.5 - 1.1]

< 0.0001

CFT %recall

18

-0.4 ± 1.5

[-1.1 - 0.4]

20

0.6 ± 0.6

[0.4 - 0.9]

0.0040

CFT copy-recall

19

1.0 ± 1.4

[0.3 - 1.6]

19

0.5 ± 0.7

[0.2 - 0.8]

0.0726

NVLTR true positive

20

-1.4 ± 1.7

[-2.1 - -0.6]

19

-0.2 ± 1.1

[-0.7 - 0.4]

0.0076

NVLT false positive

20

-0.6 ± 1.7

[-1.4 - 0.2]

19

-0.7 ± 0.7

[-1.0 - -0.3]

0.4397

Difference t+/f+ NVLT

20

-2.1 ± 0.9

[-2.6 - -1.7]

19

-0.7 ± 0.9

[-1.1 - -0.3]

0.0001

VLT true positive

20

-1.6 ± 1.4

[-2.3 - -1.0]

19

0.2 ± 1.2

[-0.3 - 0.8]

0.0006

VLT false positive

20

-0.2 ± 1.5

[-0.9 - 0.5]

19

-0.2 ± 0.9

[-0.6 - 0.2]

0.7466

Difference t+/f+ VLT

20

-1.5 ± 1.4

[-2.1 - -0.9]

19

-0.1 ± 0.8

[-0.5 - 0.2]

0.0033

LGT city map test

20

-2.1 ± 0.8

[-2.5 - -1.8]

19

0.0 ± 1.0

[-0.5 - 0.5]

< 0.0001

WMS logical memory I

20

-1.5 ± 1.5

[-2.2 - -0.8]

20

0.7 ± 1.0

[0.2 - 1.1]

0.0001

WMS logical memory II

20

-1.8 ± 1.2

[-2.3 - -1.2]

20

0.6 ± 0.8

[0.2 - 1.0]

< 0.0001

WMS visual pairs I

19

-0.8 ± 1.4

[-1.5 - -0.1]

19

0.4 ± 1.1

[-0.1 - 0.9]

0.0094

WMS visual pairs II

19

-0.8 ± 1.5

[-1.6 - -0.1]

19

0.7 ± 0.5

[0.5 - 1.0]

0.0017

WMS verbal pairs I

19

0.4 ± 1.5

[-0.4 - 1.1]

20

0.7 ± 1.1

[0.2 - 1.2]

0.5741

WMS verbal pairs II

18

-0.9 ± 1.5

[-1.6 - -0.1]

20

0.3 ± 0.9

[-0.2 - 0.7]

0.0179

HAWIE similarities

17

-0.5 ± 1.1

[-1.1 - 0.1]

20

1.5 ± 1.3

[0.9 - 2.0]

0.0001

5-point test

17

-2.6 ± 0.7

[-2.9 - -2.2]

20

-0.2 ± 1.1

[-0.7 - 0.3]

< 0.0001

WMS digit span (forward)

17

-0.1 ± 1.4

[-0.8 - 0.6]

20

0.6 ± 0.9

[0.2 - 1.1]

0.0722

WMS digit span (backwards)

17

-1.1 ± 1.4

[-1.8 - -0.3]

20

-0.2 ± 1.2

[-0.8 - 0.3]

0.0148

Corsi block span (forward)

17

-1.9 ± 1.0

[-2.4 - -1.4]

20

0.0 ± 1.2

[-0.5 - 0.6]

0.0001

Corsi visual span (backwards)

17

-2.5 ± 0.6

[-2.9 - -2.2]

20

-0.4 ± 0.9

[-0.8 - 0.0]

< 0.0001

RWF verbal fluency

20

-1.3 ± 0.8

[-1.7 - -1.0]

20

0.3 ± 0.7

[0.0 - 0.6]

< 0.0001

RWF semantic verbal fluency with alternations

20

-1.5 ± 0.8

[-1.9 - -1.2]

20

0.5 ± 0.6

[0.2 - 0.8]

< 0.0001

AAT mistakes

19

-1.2 ± 1.8

[-2.0 - -0.3]

20

0.1 ± 0.7

[-0.3 - 0.4]

0.0264

  1. Descriptive data for patient group and control group, comparison performed with the Whitney-Mann U-test