Table 4.
Mean obtained in cognitive testing in the study participants and cut-offs in national studies
| Cognitive tests | Control group Mean |
HCV group Mean |
Cut-off in national studies |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMSE | 28 | 27.4 | 25 |
| Direct order | 7.96 | 7.93 | >4 |
| Reverse order | 4.31 | 4.58 | >2 |
| Verbal Fluence Test | 19.13 | 18.55 | >12 |
| Simple Drawing Test | |||
| Incidental memory | 5.86 | 6.34 | >4 |
| Immediate memory | 8.65 | 8.75 | >6 |
| Later memory | 8.89 | 9.10 | >4 |
| Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test | |||
| Sum of A1-A5 | 41.86 | 41.34 | >29.6 |
| Retroactive interference (A6/A5) | 0.83 | 0.79 | >0.61 |
| Proactive interference (B1/A1) | 0.95 | 1.04 | >0.48 |
| Forgetting (A7/A6) | 0.98 | 1.01 | >0.73 |
| Recognition | 11.58 | 11.27 | >9.42 |
| Trail-Making Test part A | 46.34 | 53.65 | <120 |
HCV, hepatitis C virus; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Exam.