Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of the NPC patients and normal controls (NCs). Abbreviation: NPC, Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; Ctrl, Control; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NPC-Pre, patients with Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Pre-treatment; M/F, Male/Female; N, Number.

Demographic information	NCs	NPC-Pre	p values
Numbers	20	63	–
Age (years)	41.0 (10.0)	39.7 (9.3)	0.59
Education (years)	12.0 (3.3)	12.2 (3.2)	0.80
Gender (M/F)	13/7	43/20	0.79
MoCA	28.9 (0.8)	29.0 (1.2)	0.63

Abbreviation: L, Left; R, Right; F, Frontal lobe; T, Temporal lobe; P, Parietal lobe; O, Occipital lobe; V, ventricle; GM, Gray Matter; WM, White Matter; TIV, Total Intracranial Volume.