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. 2006 Feb;77(2):175–180. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.068726

Table 4 Comparison of performance in neuropsychological subtests between patients without and with dementia.

Patients without dementia, n = 30 Patients with dementia, n = 12 p
WAIS‐R
 Verbal information 3/29 (10%) 2/12 (17%) 0.62
 Digit span 1/29 (3%) 3/12 (25%) 0.068
 Similarities 1/30 (3%) 1/12 (8%) 0.49
 Vocabulary 0/14 (0%) 3/5 (60%) 0.01*
 Block design 3/27 (11%) 5/11 (45%) 0.031*
Grober‐Buschke
 Immediate cued recall 4/21 (19%) 3/7 (43%) 0.32
 Free recall (sum of 2/21 (10%) 6/7 (86%) 0.00048*
 the 3 recalls)
 Cued recall (sum of 0/21 (0%) 2/7 (29%) 0.056*
 the 3 recalls)
 Recognition 0/20 (0%) 3/7 (43%) 0.012*
 Delayed free recall 7/21 (33%) 6/7 (86%) 0.029*
 Delayed cued recall 0/21 (0%) 2/7 (29%) 0.056
PM38/47
 Percentile 3/29 (10%) 6/12 (50%) 0.011*
Rey's figure
 Copy 4/29 (14%) 6/12 (50%) 0.04*
 Memory 12/29 (41%) 7/12 (58%) 0.49
Wechsler memory scale
 Mental control 4/15 (27%) 4/8 (50%) 0.37
 Logical memory 0/14 (0%) 3/8 (38%) 0.036*
 Digit span 0/16 (0%) 1/9 (11%) 0.36
 Visual reproduction 1/14 (7%) 3/8 (38%) 0.12
 Paired words 0/14 (0%) 2/5 (40%) 0.058
TMT
 Time A 4/29 (14%) 5/12 (42%) 0.093
 Errors A 3/29 (10%) 6/12 (50%) 0.011*
 Time B 15/29 (52%) 8/12 (67%) 0.5
 Errors B 10/29 (34%) 8/12 (67%) 0.087
Verbal fluency
 Semantic fluency 9/29 (31%) 10/12 (83%) 0.0047*
 Letter fluency 5/28 (18%) 8/12 (67%) 0.0075*
Wisconsin
 Completed criteria 2/28 (7%) 4/10 (40%) 0.031*
 Percentage of errors 18/25 (72%) 9/10 (90%) 0.39
MADRS (threshold 3/28 (11%) 3/12 (25%) 0.34
value >22)

*p<0.05.