Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the stroke group and the HC group.

Parameter	Stroke group (n = 18)	HC group (n = 18)	P value
Sex (male/female)	10/8	10/8	>0.99#
Age (years)	69.64 ± 6.88	68.07 ± 7.46	0.583*
Education (years)	10.26 ± 1.77	10.30 ± 2.05	0.958*
MMSE	13.26 ± 5.36	28.57 ± 0.65	<0.05*
WMS (Memory quotient)	77.43 ± 6.83

Data are presented as mean ± SD.

MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; WMS: Wechsler Memory Scale.

^#The P value was obtained using a Pearson x ² two-tailed test.

^*The P value was obtained by a two-sample two-tailed t-test.