Table 4.
Chi square analyses of correlation between cognitive and emotional symptoms and location of infarction.
| Subcortical infarctions n= 108 (%) | Cortical infarctions n=97 (%) | p | Left side n= 94 (%) | Right side n= 85 (%) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-word learning taska | 10 (9.4) | 3 (3.1) | .07 | 7 (7.5) | 4 (4.6) | .4 |
| 10-word learning task delayedab | 10 (9.4) | 6 (6.3) | .4 | 7 (7.6) | 7 (8.2) | .9 |
| Trail-making Ac | 6 (5.6) | 5 (5.2) | .9 | 5 (5.3) | 6 (6.9) | .7 |
| Trail-making Bc | 19 (17.6) | 12 (12.4) | .3 | 17 (18.1) | 8 (9.2) | .08 |
| Verbal fluencyc | 15 (13.9) | 15 (15.5) | .8 | 17 (18.1) | 7 (8.1) | .05 |
| Color-Word Interference tests | ||||||
| Color namingc | 23 (21.3) | 21 (21.7) | 1.0 | 18 (19.2) | 14 (16.1) | .6 |
| Color readingc | 24 (22.4) | 15 (15.5) | .2 | 21 (22.3) | 11 (12.6) | .09 |
| Color inhibitionc | 16 (14.8) | 15 (15.6) | .9 | 21 (22.3) | 5 (5.6) | .001 |
| Color inhibition/switchingc | 24 (22.2) | 22 (22.3) | .9 | 21 (22.3) | 15 (17.2) | .4 |
| Error scores | ||||||
| Naming errorsd | 6 (5.6) | 6 (6.2) | .8 | 8 (8.5) | 5 (5.6) | .5 |
| Reading errorsd | 9 (8.3) | 10 (10.3) | .6 | 8 (8.5) | 10 (11.5) | .5 |
| Inhibition errorsc | 8 (7.4) | 4 (4.2) | .3 | 11 (11.8) | 5 (5.8) | .2 |
| Inhibition/switching errorsc | 6 (5.6) | 10 (10.4) | .2 | 8 (8.6) | 9 (10.3) | .7 |
| No of abnormal cogn tets | 40 (38.8) | 32 (33.3) | .4 | 36 (39.6) | 24 (28.2) | .1 |
| Questionnaires | ||||||
| HADSe | 23 (22.6) | 11 (12.1) | .06 | 18 (19.8) | 11 (13.4) | .3 |
| HADS-A f | 25 (24.3) | 15 (16.1) | .2 | 22 (23.9) | 12 (14.5) | .1 |
| HADS-D f | 13 (12.4) | 12 (12.9) | .9 | 11 (12.0) | 11 (12.9) | .8 |
| Fatigue severity scale (FSS) g | 32 (30.2) | 24 (25.5) | .5 | 26 (27.7) | 23 (28.1) | 1.0 |
aAdjusted for age and educational level, btested with 5 minutes delay, cscaled score, and dcumulative percentage.eAnxiety and/or depression was defined as HADS ≥ 15, fanxiety was defined as HADS-A≥8, and fdepression was defined as HADS-D≥8. Fatigue was defined as FSS ≥ 5.