Table 2.
Score Comparisons between Cirrhosis Patients versus the Control Group
| Cognitive Test | Controls (n = 22) | Cirrhosis (n = 29) | p-valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | ||
| MMSE | 28.1 | 1.8 | 28.0 | 26.3 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 0.004 |
| Incidental memory (SDT) | 5.6 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 0.730 |
| Immediate memory (SDT) | 8.5 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 1.1 | 8.0 | 0.296 |
| Delayed visual memory (SDT) | 8.8 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 1.1 | 9.0 | 0.631 |
| Clock drawing test | 4.06 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 0.128 |
| Learning (RAVLT) | 41.0 | 9.1 | 40.5 | 35.4 | 9.0 | 34.0 | 0.041 |
| Retroactive interference (RAVLT) | 0.84 | 0.16 | 0.88 | 0.67 | 0.22 | 0.66 | 0.004 |
| Proactive interference (RAVLT) | 0.88 | 0.45 | 0.78 | 1.01 | 0.36 | 1.0 | 0.109 |
| Forgetting speed (RAVLT) | 0.96 | 0.13 | 1.0 | 1.01 | 0.47 | 0.9 | 0.788 |
| Recognition (RAVLT) | 11.2 | 4.1 | 11.5 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 9.0 | 0.024 |
| Random letter test | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.789 |
| Stroop test (Part 1) | 116.9 | 19.0 | 112.5 | 127.0 | 46.1 | 120.0 | 0.327 |
| Stroop test (Part 2) | 251.5 | 45.6 | 263.0 | 271.6 | 35.1 | 290.0 | 0.105 |
| Stroop test (Part 2 - Part 1) | 139.1 | 48.0 | 142.5 | 144.6 | 39.5 | 149.0 | 0.575 |
| TMT-A | 47.6 | 16.5 | 41.5 | 63.2 | 29.3 | 57.0 | 0.029 |
| TMT-B | 146.8 | 76.5 | 123.5 | 197.9 | 88.1 | 192.0 | 0.030 |
| TMT (B/A) | 3.1 | 1.45 | 2.76 | 3.32 | 1.47 | 3.0 | 0.441 |
| Boston naming test | 14.0 | 1.1 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 1.4 | 14.0 | 0.693 |
| Verbal fluency test | 18.7 | 5.0 | 17.5 | 15.8 | 4.6 | 16.0 | 0.053 |
| Direct digit span test | 7.7 | 1.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 1.8 | 8.0 | 0.445 |
| Indirect digit span test | 4.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 0.698 |
| Constructional praxis test | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.334 |
| Processing speed test | 22.1 | 8.6 | 23.0 | 17.4 | 9.2 | 16.0 | 0.072 |
| Similarities test | 18.5 | 6.6 | 18.0 | 15.1 | 7.3 | 16.0 | 0.090 |
MMSE mini-mental state examination, SDT simple drawing test, RAVLT Rey auditory-verbal learning test, SD standard deviation
aMann–Whitney test