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. 2010 Apr 1;33(4):459–465. doi: 10.1093/sleep/33.4.459

Table 2.

Neuropsychological mean scores of control and insomnia subgroups

Controls ≥ 6h (n= 343) Insomniacs ≥ 6h (n= 65) Controls < 6h (n = 219) Insomniacs < 6h (n = 51) F Interaction F Insomnia F Short sleep duration
Symbol Digit Modalities Test
    Number Correcta 50.64 ± 8.90 52.39 ± 9.19 48.58 ± 9.03 46.26 ± 8.93 5.00* 0.07 16.69**
Trail Making Test
    TMT-A, secondsa 31.53 ± 10.93 32.02 ± 11.37 31.12 ± 11.25 33.21 ± 11.00 0.52 1.19 0.11
    TMT-B, secondsa 75.18 ± 33.52 68.03 ± 34.59 77.48 ± 34.04 87.83 ± 33.49 6.59** 0.12 8.08**
    TMT B–A, secondsa 43.65 ± 29.45 36.01 ± 30.47 46.36 ± 30.04 54.61 ± 29.42 7.03** 0.00 9.67**
Benton Visual Retention Test
    Number Correcta 6.79 ± 1.67 6.85 ± 1.69 6.64 ± 1.63 6.27 ± 1.64 0.01 1.88 3.07
    Number of Errorsa 4.76 ± 2.78 5.20 ± 2.82 5.13 ± 2.81 5.72 ± 2.71 3.39 0.85 4.45*
    Omissionsa 0.40 ± 0.93 0.44 ± 0.97 0.38 ± 0.89 0.75 ± 0.93 4.33* 1.77 4.22*
    Distortionsa 2.14 ± 1.67 2.27 ± 1.77 2.41 ± 1.78 2.28 ± 1.71 0.91 0.04 0.26
    Perseverationsa 0.69 ± 0.93 0.72 ± 1.05 0.75 ± 0.89 0.81 ± 0.93 0.41 0.35 0.02
    Rotationsa 0.76 ± 0.93 0.84 ± 0.97 0.70 ± 0.89 1.00 ± 0.86 0.99 1.25 0.13
    Misplacementsa 0.68 ± 0.93 0.69 ± 0.97 0.78 ± 1.04 0.86 ± 1.00 0.01 0.17 1.40
    Size errora 0.10 ± 0.37 0.14 ± 0.48 0.12 ± 0.44 0.10 ± 0.43 0.34 0.08 0.21
Thurstone Word Fluency Test
    Oral, number of wordsa 11.65 ± 4.26 12.19 ± 4.35 11.67 ± 4.29 12.15 ± 4.21 0.00 1.34 0.01
    Written, number of wordsa 11.56 ± 3.70 12.09 ± 3.87 11.75 ± 3.85 11.31 ± 3.71 1.91 0.02 0.54
a

values are mean ± SD adjusted for age, education, gender, race, BMI, physical health, mental health, and sampling weight;

*

P < 0.05,

**

P < 0.01