Table 1.
WD - TS | WD - GCI N=9 | WD-WGCI N=11 | P* | |
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Age | 30.05±7.26 | 30.11 ±6.55 | 30 ±8.08 | 0.941 |
Sex (male) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0.092 |
Education (years) | 11.15 ±3.73 | 9.11 ±3.58 | 12.82 ±3.06 | 0.031 |
Motor Symptoms Scale | 2.79 ±1.87 | 3.56 ±1.74 | 2.1 ±1.79 | 0.095 |
Duration of disease (years) | 11.75 ±7.79 | 10.89 ±7.11 | 12.45 ±8.59± | 0.824 |
Penicillamine use | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0.157 |
MMSE | 26.7 ±2.45 | 25.22 ±2.58 | 27.91 ±1.57 | 0.016 |
M2 | 9.15 ±0.67 | 8.78 ±0.667 | 9.45 ±0.52 | 0.046 |
M5 | 8.5 ±1.39 | 7.78 ±1.30 | 9.09 ±1.22 | 0.056 |
AF | 17.35 ±5.77 | 13.89 ±5.46 | 20.18 ±4.44 | 0.016 |
Clock drawing | 8 ±2.44 | 7.13 ±2.58 | 8.64 ±2.24 | 0.129 |
FAS | 22.4 ±12.40 | 17.56 ±13.03 | 26.36 ±10.85 | 0.046 |
STROOP (errors) | 4.45 ±4.82 | 6.67 ±6.14 | 2.64 ±2.46 | 0.112 |
FAB | 12.95 ±2.85 | 11.11 ±2.66 | 14.45 ±2.06 | 0.007 |
CERAD naming test | 14.2 ±1.54 | 13.44 ±2.06 | 14.82 ±0.405 | 0.112 |
Cubes (WAIS) | 7.80 ±2.87 | 6.67 ±3.04 | 8.73 ±2.49 | 0.080 |
Hooper | 61.10 ±7.75 | 61.89 ±9.54 | 60.45 ±6.34 | 1 |
WCST | 2.25 ±1.37 | 1.89 ±1.16 | 2.55 ±1.50 | 0.456 |
Pfeffer scale | 2.10 ±2.69 | 3.33 ±2.39 | 1.09 ±2.58 | 0.016 |
MRI Total Score | 7.70 ±2.99 | 9.44 ±2.74 | 6.27 ±2.45 | 0.016 |
MRI hyperintense T2 signal + atrophy | 3.55 ±2.32 | 5.0 ±2.23 | 2.36 ±1.69 | 0.016 |
MRI hyperintense T2 signal - putamen | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1.00 |
MRI hyperintense T2 signal - globus pallidus | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.017 |
MRI hyperintense T2 signal -thalamus/subthalamus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.074 |
MRI hyperintense T2 signal -mesencephalon | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.065 |
MRI hyperintense T2 signal - pons | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.653 |
MRI hyperintense T2 signal - cerebellum | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.617 |
MRI hyperintense T2 signal - subcortical white matter | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0.362 |
MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; M2: memory (learning); M5: memory (delayed recall); AF: animal fluency; FAS: phonemic fluency; FAB: Frontal Assessment Battery; WCST: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; WD: Wilson’s disease; WD-GCI: Wilson’s disease with global cognitive Impairment; WD-WGCI+ Wilson’s disease without global cognitive impairment.
WD-GCI × WD WGCI.