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. 2018 May 2;20:38. doi: 10.1186/s13058-018-0965-3

Table 5.

Summary of neuropsychological testing data with NIH Toolbox for Cognition (score and SD)

NIH Toolbox score Time point 1 Time point 2 Change over time
Chemotherapy group Healthy controls Chemotherapy group Healthy controls Chemotherapy group Healthy controls p**
Crystallized composite 110.87 (16.12) 107.38 (15.57) 110.56 (11.82) 107.05 (18.53) − 0.31 (7.21) − 0.33 (6.44) 1.00
Fluid composite 99.69 (14.43) 99.22 (10.65) 100.23 (14.62) 105.08 (15.85) 0.54 (11.66) 5.86 (11.84) 0.23
Total composite 105.10 (19.11) 101.48 (15.02) 104.14 (15.05) 105.11 (20.37) − 0.95 (10.00) 3.63 (8.78) 0.20
Dimensional change card sort 100.66 (11.83) 101.78 (12.62) 101.70 (7.06) 106.91 (9.64) 1.04 (8.37) 5.13 (12.26) 0.29
Flanker Inhibitory control 95.78 (10.97) 96.92 (9.12) 92.50 (9.25) 99.74 (6.11) − 3.27 (12.33) 2.81 (6.77) 0.11
Working memory 101.45 (16.31) 100.18 (16.35) 107.01 (10.64) 105.00 (17.00) 5.57 (10.19) 4.83 (14.10) 0.87
Oral reading recognition 111.52 (11.95) 103.37 (12.51) 107.80 (12.33) 103.45 (14.00) −3.71 (5.74)* 0.09 (6.91) 0.11
Processing speed 91.29 (14.08) 96.84 (14.06) 91.14 (17.05) 95.39 (16.45) − 0.14 (14.94) − 1.44 (14.94) 0.81
Episodic memory 111.73 (20.06) 103.49 (15.26) 109.70 (21.33) 110.29 (25.05) −2.02 (12.24) 6.80 (21.18) 0.17
Picture vocabulary 107.06 (14.94) 109.13 (16.63) 110.30 (8.88) 107.66 (16.52) 3.23 (9.94) − 1.47 (6.30) 0.14

*p = 0.02

**p comparing change over time between chemotherapy group and healthy control group. Bold numbers indicate key findings