Table 2.
Neuropsychological performance; raw score mean values (SD)
| Measure | HIV− | HIV+ | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attention & executive function | |||
| Trails A (time in s) | 28.4 (9.3) | 40.8 (16.2) | 0.0001 |
| Trails B (time in s) | 55.4 (16.2) | 89.9 (46.9) | 0.0001 |
| WMS-III Digit Span (total) | 13.0 (3.5) | 10.4 (3.0) | 0.001 |
| WMS-III Spatial Span (total) | 11.5 (2.3) | 8.7 (2.7) | 0.0001 |
| Subtracting by 7’s (time in sec) | 46.5 (22.2) | 85.3 (60.8) | 0.001 |
| Subtracting by 7’s (errors) | 0.5 (0.9) | 2.6 (2.9) | 0.0001 |
| COWAT Animals (total) | 22.2 (4.4) | 17.1 (5.4) | 0.0001 |
| COWAT FAS (total) | 51.9 (15.0) | 41.6 (13.0) | 0.009 |
| Verbal function | |||
| WAIS-III Similarities (total) | 28.1 (3.4) | 26.4 (3.5) | 0.066 |
| BNT (total) | 56.1 (3.2) | 54.0 (4.3) | 0.157 |
| Visuospatial function | |||
| RCPM (total) | 34.7 (1.6) | 31.1 (4.5) | 0.0001 |
| Visual Symbol Search time (time in s) | 71.2 (20.1) | 95.3 (29.6) | 0.0001 |
| BVSQB R-L Orientation (errors) | 1.6 (1.7) | 4.3 (3.6) | 0.0001 |
| BVSQB Drawing (total) | 11.0 (1.9) | 8.1 (3.1) | 0.0001 |
| BVSQB Copy (total) | 11.9 (1.3) | 9.4 (2.3) | 0.0001 |
| Memory | |||
| Visuospatial Memory | |||
| ROCF Immediate recall (total) | 20.1 (7.0) | 15.0 (7.1) | 0.005 |
| ROCF Delayed recall (total) | 20.0 (5.9) | 15.5 (7.4) | 0.009 |
| Verbal Memory | |||
| WMS LM 1 Immediate recall (total) | 47.9 (5.8) | 42.8 (9.3) | 0.085 |
| WMS LM 2 Delayed recall (total) | 30.0 (7.5) | 24.9 (7.2) | 0.103 |
| Psychomotor function | |||
| Purdue Pegboard (total) | 13.5 (2.2) | 11.6 (2.0) | 0.014 |
| Emotion & Mood | |||
| Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (total) | 36.1 (8.5) | 45.6 (14.5) | 0.002 |
| Beck Depression Inventory-II (total) | 5.0 (4.0) | 12.7 (8.3) | 0.0001 |
p-values reflect results of independent-samples t-tests; alpha was adjusted using Bonferroni orrection to 0.002. Significant p-values are in bold.