Table 4.
Cognitive performance before and after fasting.
| Task | Reaction time (ms) | Accuracy (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | |
| Fasting | Fasting | |||
| MGT | 1385.6 | 1450 | 94.4 | 95.6 |
| (319.6) | (305.3) | (6.8) | (4.6) | |
| MT | 1565.1 | 1529.7 | 96.2 | 87.8 |
| (413.6) | (448.2) | (5.6) | (27.3) | |
| MST | 903.7 | 863.2 | 93.3 | 96.1 |
| (163.4) | (165.7) | (8.0) | (4.9) | |
| MPT | 2057.2 | 1902.4 | 94.4 | 96.7 |
| (717.9) | (378.6) | (5.3) | (5.0) | |
| TCRTT | 493.6 | 453.0 | 95.8 | 97.2 |
| (87.0) | (57.0)∗ | (3.8) | (2.3) | |
| ST | 2278.6 | 1937.5 | 91.4 | 96.3 |
| (370.5) | (325.1)∗ | (7.8) | (2.6) | |
Data are presented as mean (standard deviation). ∗ p < 0.05, compared with before fasting.
MGT, Matching Grids Task; MT, Manikin Task; MST, Memory Search Task; MPT, Mathematical Processing Task; TCRTT, Two-Choice Reaction Time Task; ST, Switching Task.