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. 2013 May 18;3(1):168–178. doi: 10.1159/000351421

Table 3.

Neuropsychological impairment indices (z-scores) for PD subjects and significance relative to controls

z-scores F p ?2
Attention/executive
WAIS-IV DST −0.47 ± 1.13 4.04 0.048 0.05
WAIS-IV DSF −0.21 ± 1.04 0.89 0.350 0.01
WAIS-IV Digit Span Backward −0.45 ± 0.89 4.56 0.036 0.06
WAIS-IV Digit Span Sequence −0.64 ± 1.69 4.45 0.038 0.06
WAIS-IV LNS −0.84 ± 1.50 8.91 0.004 0.11
D-KEFS Tower Rule Violations −0.86 ± 2.15 5.48 0.022 0.07
D-KEFS Tower Total Completion Time −0.84 ± 0.98 14.88 0.000 0.16
Stroop Word −0.68 ± 1.07 8.85 0.004 0.10
Stroop Color −0.25 ± 0.96 1.29 0.260 0.02
Stroop Color-Word −0.23 ± 0.95 1.16 0.285 0.02

Language
D-KEFS Letter Fluency −0.27 ± 1.28 1.12 0.294 0.01
D-KEFS Category Fluency −0.48 ± 1.13 4.09 0.047 0.05
D-KEFS Switching Fluency −0.54 ± 1.27 4.53 0.036 0.05
D-KEFS Switching Accuracy −0.52 ± 1.32 4.10 0.046 0.05
RBANS Picture Naming −1.45 ± 2.41 12.83 0.001 0.14
RBANS Semantic Fluency −0.55 ± 1.13 5.48 0.022 0.06

Memory
RBANS List Learning −1.02 ± 1.44 14.06 0.000 0.15
RBANS Story Immediate Memory −0.86 ± 1.49 9.51 0.003 0.11
RBANS List Recall −1.08 ± 1.36 17.11 0.000 0.18
RBANS List Recognition −1.41 ± 1.82 19.18 0.000 0.19
RBANS Story Recall −1.34 ± 1.73 18.78 0.000 0.19
RBANS Figure Recall −0.76 ± 1.21 9.64 0.003 0.11

Visuomotor/visuospatial
D-KEFS Trails 1 (Visual) −1.01 ± 1.88 9.34 0.003 0.11
D-KEFS Trails 2 (Number) −1.64 ± 2.44 16.17 0.000 0.17
D-KEFS Trails 3 (Letter) −1.80 ± 3.36 11.03 0.001 0.12
D-KEFS Trails 4 (Number-Letter) −1.79 ± 3.36 10.85 0.001 0.12
D-KEFS Trails 5 (Motor) −1.57 ± 2.21 17.38 0.000 0.18
RBANS Coding −1.04 ± 1.48 14.12 0.000 0.15
RBANS Line Orientation −0.34 ± 0.85 2.76 0.100 0.03
RBANS Figure Copy −0.70 ± 1.24 7.91 0.006 0.09

z-scores represent mean ± SD. Significant p values are bolded.