Table 3.
Baseline Pretreatment Neuropsychological Test Results for Older Patients With Breast Cancer Versus Noncancer Controls
| Test | Unadjusted Standardized z Score* |
Adjusted Standardized z Score† |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls |
Patient Cases |
P | Controls |
Patient Cases |
P | |||||
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |||
| Attention, working memory, and processing speed domain | 0.00 | 0.05 | −0.03 | 0.05 | .699 | −0.17 | 0.05 | −0.12 | 0.05 | .464 |
| NAB digits forward | 0.00 | 0.07 | −0.04 | 0.08 | .682 | −0.19 | 0.08 | −0.20 | 0.09 | .913 |
| NAB digits backward | 0.00 | 0.07 | −0.01 | 0.08 | .890 | −0.19 | 0.08 | −0.16 | 0.08 | .838 |
| Trail making A | 0.00 | 0.07 | −0.04 | 0.08 | .738 | −0.18 | 0.08 | −0.13 | 0.08 | .620 |
| Digit symbol test | 0.00 | 0.08 | −0.05 | 0.08 | .640 | −0.16 | 0.08 | −0.12 | 0.08 | .679 |
| NAB driving scenes | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.08 | .888 | −0.12 | 0.08 | −0.00 | 0.08 | .228 |
| Language domain | 0.00 | 0.06 | −0.07 | 0.07 | .410 | −0.24 | 0.06 | −0.23 | 0.06 | .840 |
| Boston naming test | 0.00 | 0.07 | −0.07 | 0.07 | .528 | −0.32 | 0.07 | −0.29 | 0.07 | .747 |
| Category fluency | 0.00 | 0.07 | −0.08 | 0.08 | .438 | −0.17 | 0.08 | −0.16 | 0.08 | .982 |
| Executive function domain | 0.00 | 0.05 | −0.12 | 0.05 | .091 | −0.12 | 0.05 | −0.17 | 0.05 | .498 |
| Trail making B | 0.00 | 0.08 | −0.13 | 0.08 | .229 | −0.22 | 0.08 | −0.23 | 0.08 | .883 |
| Controlled oral word association test | 0.00 | 0.07 | −0.26 | 0.07 | .013 | −0.10 | 0.08 | −0.30 | 0.08 | .042 |
| NAB figure drawing | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.08 | .796 | −0.05 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.09 | .441 |
| Learning and memory domain | 0.00 | 0.06 | −0.04 | 0.06 | .620 | −0.13 | 0.06 | −0.08 | 0.06 | .480 |
| Logical memory I | 0.00 | 0.08 | −0.04 | 0.08 | .743 | −0.09 | 0.08 | −0.06 | 0.09 | .757 |
| Logical memory II | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.08 | .686 | −0.09 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.09 | .219 |
| NAB list A immediate recall | 0.00 | 0.08 | −0.11 | 0.08 | .305 | −0.19 | 0.07 | −0.20 | 0.08 | .915 |
| NAB list B immediate recall | 0.00 | 0.07 | −0.01 | 0.07 | .912 | −0.15 | 0.07 | −0.08 | 0.07 | .421 |
| NAB list A short delay recall | 0.00 | 0.08 | −0.05 | 0.08 | .650 | −0.14 | 0.08 | −0.08 | 0.08 | .540 |
| NAB long delay | 0.00 | 0.07 | −0.09 | 0.08 | .425 | −0.14 | 0.08 | −0.12 | 0.08 | .877 |
| Visual-spatial domain | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.08 | .419 | −0.06 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | .173 |
| NAB figure drawing copy | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.08 | .419 | −0.06 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | .173 |
Abbreviation: NAB, Neuropychological Assessment Battery.
*
Patient case scores standardized using control mean and standard deviation as referent standard; therefore, by definition, unadjusted control mean scores are zero.
†
Adjusted for age, race (white v nonwhite), education (in years), and recruitment site.