Table 2.

Comparison of Episodic Memory, Working Memory, Executive Functions, and Visuospatial Abilities in the Control Participants and Alcoholic Patients

Cognitive functions	Tasks	Controls (n = 31)	Alcoholic patients (n = 31)	p-Value
Episodic memory	Sum of the 3 free recalls (learning)	34.58 ± 4.06	30.10 ± 5.06	p < 0.001*
Working memory and executive functions	Backward visuospatial span	5.58 ± 0.92	4.61 ± 0.99	p < 0.001*
	TMT Part B	63.52 ± 20.63	78.00 ± 34.67	0.051
	Number of moves (first trial of TT task)	24.55 ± 10.39	24.25 ± 7.13	0.90
Visuospatial abilities	ROCF copy accuracy	35.10 ± 1.85	34.52 ± 3.01	0.36

TMT, Trail Making Test; TT, Tower of Toronto; ROCF, Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure.

^*Significant difference (t-tests) between alcoholic patients and control participants at p < 0.05 and still significant after Bonferroni correction (p < 0.01).

Data are shown as means ± standard deviation.