Table 4.
Neuropsychological performance of patients and healthy controls.
| Older patients | Younger patients | Healthy controls | F (df)a | p | Partial η2 | Post hocb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 25 | N = 23 | N = 21 | |||||
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||||
| Logical memory I | 14.60 (6.60) | 21.04 (8.85) | 29.95 (5.12) | 27.02 (2, 66) | 0.000 | 0.450 | O < Y < H |
| Logical memory II | 9.96 (5.86) | 16.30 (7.90) | 25.71 (5.03) | 34.73 (2, 66) | 0.000 | 0.513 | O < Y < H |
| Digit span forward | 6.88 (1.92) | 7.43 (1.73) | 7.81 (2.14) | 1.36 (2, 66) | 0.264 | 0.040 | |
| Digit span backward | 5.16 (1.80) | 5.74 (1.79) | 6.38 (1.69) | 2.74 (2, 66) | 0.072 | 0.077 | |
| Trail making test A | 61.63 (41.66) | 36.52 (15.85) | 34.76 (12.11) | 7.09 (2, 66) | 0.002 | 0.177 | O > H, Y |
| Trail making test B | 188.25 (62.63) | 101.17 (59.41) | 68.48 (21.56) | 32.77 (2, 66) | 0.000 | 0.498 | O > Y > H |
| Bielefelder famous faces testc | 2.10 (0.38) | 2.33 (0.48) | 2.43 (0.24) | 3.92 (2, 57) | 0.025 | 0.121 | O < H |
H, healthy controls; O, older patients, Y, younger patients.
aMANOVA (df, degrees of freedom).
bBonferroni (5%), TMT B and BFFT: Games–Howell Test (5%).
cReduced N in groups: 23 older patients, 20 younger patients, 17 healthy controls.