Table 3.

Mean scores of BICAMS tests in MS patients and controls.

Test	MSr group (N = 60)	MSs group (N = 30)	CG (N = 30)	ANOVA	Post-hoc
SDMT	40.18 ± 11.42	46.60 ± 11.54	53.83 ± 8.91	F = 16.07; p < 0.001	CG > MSs > MSr*
BVMT-R (0–36)	22.57 ± 6.07	25.23 ± 5.66	29.03 ± 4.22	F = 13.63; p < 0.001	CG > MSs,MSr MSs = MSr*
CVLT-II (0–80)	52.02 ± 9.61	54.80 ± 9.40	66.97 ± 4.68	F = 30.99; p < 0.001	CG > MSs,MSr MSs = MSr**
CVLT-II delayed recall (0–16)	12.23 ± 2.66	12.80 ± 3.12	15.40 ± 0.72	F = 16.86; p < 0.001	CG > MSs, MSr MSs = MSr**

BICAMS - Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS, MSr – relapsing MS patients, MSs – stable MS patients, CG – control group, SDMT - Symbol Digit Modalities Test, BVMT-R – Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised, CVLT-II – California verbal learning test, II ed.

ANOVA – one-way analysis of variance.

^*Bonferroni test was used for post- hoc analysis.

^**Tamhane test was used for post -hoc analysis.