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. 2012 Dec;24(6):328–334. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.06.004

Table 3. Cognitive functioning measures from the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) and the Trail Making Test (TMT) in controls and in patients with schizophrenia who have C/C, C/T, and T/T BDNF C270T genotypes (mean [sd]).

Genotype WCST number of categories achieved WCST perseverative errors TMT-A (seconds) TMT-B (seconds)
Patients
C/C (n=158) 1.4 (2.9) 16.3 (7.7) 46.6 (17.9) 115.8 (47.8)
C/T (n=62) 1.4 (2.8) 15.9 (7.7) 46.3 (18.5) 116.7 (48.8)
T/T (n=4) 1.4 (2.9) 16.4 (7.7) 46.6 (18.0) 117.1 (49.2)
Controls (n=220) 2.2 (2.4) 10.2 (5.3) 32.6 (12.2) 56.6 (33.8)
 F 10.36a 13.68a 26.62a 16.56a
 p 0.038 0.026 0.006 0.002

a Post-hoc SNK tests for all variables found that the three patient groups were all significantly different from controls but there were no significant differences between the three patient groups.