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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurovirol. 2017 Jan 20;23(3):404–421. doi: 10.1007/s13365-016-0510-z

Table 3.

Description of neuropsychological measures within the assessed cognitive domains across the three diagnostic criteria.

Neuropsychological Domains & Measures HIV− (n = 196) HIV + (n = 353) p Cohen’s d Demographics Adjusted
Attention Domain
 Digit Span 53.67 (9.3) 50.22 (9.3) < .0001 0.37 Age
 CVLT-II Trial 1 49.20 (13.4) 44.9 (11.8) .0001 0.34 Sex, Age
Executive Domain
 Tower of London Moves 48.54 (10.8) 49.12 (11.7) .567 −0.05 Age
 Actions* 47.26 (9.5) 45.79 (9.3) .076 0.16 Ed.
 Trail Making Test Part B 51.08 (10.8) 49.66 (11.8) .163 0.13 Race, Sex, Age, Ed.
Learning Domain
 CVLT-II Trial 1–5 54.96 (11.5) 50.78 (10.7) <.0001 0.38 Sex, Age
 LM1 Total 55.65 (11.4) 51.10 (10.8) <.0001 0.41 Age
Memory Domain
 LM2 Total 57.61 (11.1) 52.39 (11) <.0001 0.47 Age
 CVLT-II Long Delay Free Recall 52.04 (10.7) 48.13 (11.8) .0001 0.35 Sex, Age
Speed of Processing Domain
 Tower of London Execution Time 47.58 (9.6) 46.89 (10) .427 0.07 Age
 Trail Making Test Part A 51.77 (10) 50.23 (10.7) .093 0.15 Race, Sex, Age, Ed.
Motor Domain
 Grooved Peg Board (Dom) 48.77 (10.3) 47.42 (10.8) .156 0.13 Race, Sex, Age, Ed.
 Grooved Peg Board (Non Dom) 48.71 (11.2) 47.35 (10.6) .160 0.13 Race, Sex, Age, Ed.
Language Domain**
 Boston Naming Test 49.54 (12.5) 49.63 (12) .930 −0.01 Age, Ed.

Note. Data are presented as mean T-scores (standard deviation) for each study group. Digit Span subtest from Wechsler Memory Scale, 3rd edition; CVLT-II = California Verbal Learning Test, 2nd edition; LM 1 & 2 = with Logical Memory I subtest from the WMS-III.

*

Actions were included within the executive domain for only Frascati and Gisslén neurocognitive criteria.

**

The Language domain was included only in the DSM-5 criteria comprised of the Boston Naming Test and Actions.