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Table 2 Comparison of neuropsychological assessments between patients with and without VCI after stroke

From: Predictors for vascular cognitive impairment in stroke patients

Neuropsychological tests

Patients without VCI (n = 26)

Patients with VCI (n = 31)

p value

Cohen’s d

Executive/Activation

    

 ANTa

16.0 ± 3.8

11.6 ± 4.2

<0.001

1.10

 WAIS-III Digit symbol-codinga

20.6 ± 4.5

10.8 ± 5.8

<0.001

1.86

 TMT A time (sec)a

43.4 ± 9.8

111.5 ± 74.2

<0.001

1.29

 TMT B time (sec)a

104.5 ± 31.0

200.7 ± 78.4

<0.001

1.62

Language

    

 Modified BNTa

11.4 ± 2.1

8.2 ± 2.4

<0.001

1.42

Visuospatial

    

 RCFT copya

34.7 ± 1.2

28.1 ± 7.0

<0.001

1.31

Memory

    

 HVLT-R delayed recalla

7.0 ± 2.3

3.3 ± 2.1

<0.001

1.70

 RCFT delayed recalla

19.0 ± 4.7

9.8 ± 7.3

<0.001

1.50

Supplemental tests

    

MMSE scorea

28.1 ± 1.3

24.6 ± 3.2

<0.001

1.43

 MoCA scorea

22.7 ± 3.2

16.4 ± 4.4

<0.001

1.64

 GDS scorea

2.7 ± 1.9

3.9 ± 4.1

0.146

0.38

 AES scorea

59.4 ± 5.7

54.4 ± 9.3

0.022

0.65

 NIQ scoreb

9 (0.5–16.0)

4 (0–20.0)

0.714

0.10

 IQCODEa

3 (3.0–3.1)

3.1 (3.0–3.2)

0.048

0.55

  1. ANT Animal naming test, TMT trail making test, BNT Boston naming test, RCFT rey-osterrieth complex figure test, HVLT-R revised Hopkins verbal learning test, MMSE mini-mental state examination MoCA montreal cognitive assessment, GDS geriatric depression scale, AES apathy evaluation scale, NIQ neuropsychiatric inventory questionnaire
  2. amean ± SD, independent sample t test
  3. bmedian (IQR), Mann–Whitney U test