Table 1.

Demographics and neuropsychological data.

Variables	Patients	Controls	t/χ2	p value
Age	28.59 ± 11.07	27.50 ± 7.38	0.344	0.733
Gender (M/F)	9/8	9/9	0.030	0.862
Education (years)	12.12 ± 3.95	14.61 ± 4.05	−1.843	0.074
Time After Disease Onset (months)	20.29 ± 14.00	–	–	–
HAMA scores	4.12 ± 3.44	1.17 ± 1.62	3.214	0.004
HAMD24 scores	5.59 ± 6.78	0.78 ± 1.17	2.884	0.010
MoCA scores	24.24 ± 3.51	28.44 ± 1.653	−4.582	0.000
Executive	0.65 ± 0.493	0.78 ± 0.428	2.746	0.107
Language	1.00 ± 0.707	1.78 ± 0.428	0.866	0.359
Orientation	5.59 ± 1.278	6.00 ± 0.00	8.887	0.005
Calculate	2.76 ± 0.562	3.00 ± 0.00	16.304	0.000
Abstraction	2.18 ± 0.951	2.61 ± 0.698	1.916	0.176
Memory	2.76 ± 1.522	4.50 ± 0.857	5.367	0.027
Visual perception	2.53 ± 0.717	2.78 ± 0.428	6.921	0.013
Naming	3.88 ± 0.332	4.00 ± 0.00	12.051	0.001
Attention	3.00 ± 0.00	3.00 ± 0.00	–	–

Values are means ± SD. M = male, F = female, MoCA = the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, HAMA = Hamilton Anxiety Scale, HAMD₂₄ = Hamilton Depression Scale.