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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2009 Mar;65(3):316–325. doi: 10.1002/ana.21594

Table 2. Cognitive Deficit Scores and Performance during Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Study Participants at Baseline and 1 Year (Mean ± Standard Error).

Characteristics SN Control
(n = 32)
HIV Patients
(n = 31)
p



Baseline 1 Year Baseline 1 Year HIV Status Effect Time Effect HIV Status × Time
Age, yr 46.9 ± 2.3 48.0 ± 2.3 49.6 ± 1.5 50.6 ± 1.5 0.34 <0.0001 0.81

Education, yr 15.5 ± 0.44 15.5 ± 0.4 15.5 ± 0.4 15.7 ± 0.4 0.84 0.07 0.18

CES-D 6.0 ± 1.1 6.6 ± 1.0 9.0 ± 1.7 9.6 ±1.2 0.03 0.61 0.99

Cognitive Domains

 Visual memory 0.29 ± 0.14 0.80 ± 0.17 0.22 ± 0.17 0.82 ± 0.15 0.89 <0.0001 0.70

 Verbal memory 0.59 ± 0.13 0.59 ± 0.17 0.13 ± 0.11 0.13 ± 0.16 0.01 0.98 0.95

 Attention −0.05 ± 0.12 0.43 ± 0.15 0.10 ± 0.10 0.47 ± 0.08 0.55 <0.0001 0.32

 Working memory 0.11 ± 0.13 0.11 ± 0.12 −0.19 ± 0.15 −0.13 ± 0.14 0.14 0.62 0.59

 Verbal fluency 0.31 ± 0.10 0.61 ± 0.11 0.18 ± 0.12 0.56 ± 0.11 0.52 <0.0001 0.54

 Motor 0.02 ± 0.10 0.42 ± 0.14 −0.08 ± 0.10 0.33 ± 0.09 0.53 <0.0001 0.97

 Global deficit score 0.21 ± 0.08 0.50 ± 0.11 0.06 ± 0.07 0.36 ± 0.08 0.23 <0.0001 0.82

Task Performance during fMRI

 Tracking two balls

   Accuracy, % 95.1 ± 8.5 95.7 ± 9.9 96.4 ± 8.2 95.9 ± 6.5 0.66 0.97 0.71

   Reaction times, milliseconds 850 ± 377 826 ± 362 807 ± 306 762 ± 370 0.41 0.60 0.87

 Tracking three balls

   Accuracy, % 92.5 ± 9.1 94.1 ± 8.4 93.3 ± 9.4 95.2 ± 6.2 0.57 0.19 0.95

   Reaction times, milliseconds 867 ± 290 740 ± 297 803 ± 287 757 ± 331 0.64 0.14 0.48

 Tracking four balls

   Accuracy, % 93.9 ± 8.5 91.9 ± 10.7 93.5 ± 8.9 90.9 ± 11.4 0.74 0.14 0.87

   Reaction times, milliseconds 872 ± 233 870 ± 406 830 ± 356 822 ±364 0.49 0.97 0.96

SN = seronegative; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; CES-D = Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; fMRI = functional magnetic resonance imaging.