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Table 4 Comparison of cognitive assessment in patients with severe ICA stenosis and normal controls

From: Influence of collateral circulation on cerebral blood flow and frontal lobe cognitive function in patients with severe internal carotid artery stenosis

 

AcoA group

PcoA group

OA group

Controls

H

P value

Word Fluency Test

15.00 (13.00,18.50)

13.00 (10.00,15.75)

10.50 (9.00,16.00)

16.00 (14.00,18.50)

25.703

< 0.0001*

TMT(s)

 TMT-A

33.51 (28.61,40.23)

37.89 (28.68,41.58)

38.50 (32.22,43.54)

28.82 (25.00,34.63)

17.850

< 0.0001*

 TMT-B

68.11 (62.06,74.53)

68.26 (60.48,75.52)

73.50 (68.54,78.51)

60.21 (55.36,68.78)

28.739

< 0.0001*

Digit Span

 Digit Span forward

6.00 (5.00,7.00)

6.00 (4.25,7.00)

5.00 (4.25,6.75)

7.00 (6.00,8.50)

17.742

< 0.0001*

 Digit Span backward

3.00 (2.00,4.00)

3.00 (3.00,4.00)

3.50 (3.00,4.00)

5.00 (4.00,6.00)

74.082

< 0.0001*

  1. TMT, Trail-Making Test; H and P value, by non-parametric Kruscal-Wallis tests within the four groups
  2. *P < 0.001 indicate statistically significant differences