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. 2020 Mar 19;15(3):e0226688. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226688

Table 2. Comparison of cognitive function between the two groups.

Cognitive tests Healthy controls (n = 30) Patients with schizophrenia (n = 32) F p Adjusted F p
TMT-A 42.3 ± 9.8 72.3 ± 28.9 31.375 <0.001 6.627 <0.001
BACS-SC 66.0 ± 6.3 35.3 ± 14.3 115.986 <0.001 24.709 <0.001
WMS-III-SS 17.0 ± 2.2 14.6 ± 3.2 11.985 0.010 3.979 0.004
HVLT-R 27.3 ± 4.6 19.6 ± 6.0 31.407 <0.001 6.845 <0.001
BVMT-R 29.0 ± 10.2 21.3 ± 4.5 4.427 0.040 2.233 0.063
CPT-IP 3.25 ± 1.1 1.4 ± 0.8 54.803 <0.001 11.128 <0.001
Stroop color-word test
    Word raw score 82.3 ± 9.4 54.8 ± 15.3 88.271 <0.001 17.849 <0.001
    Color raw score 51.8 ± 9.0 36.6 ± 14.7 23.902 <0.001 4.837 0.001
    Color-word raw score 37.8 ± 7.1 21.4 ± 12.7 38.286 <0.001 7.883 <0.001

TMT-A = trail making test, part A; BACS-SC = brief assessment of cognition in schizophrenia-symbol coding; WMS-III-SS = Wechsler memory scale-3rd edition-spatial span; HVLT-R = Hopkins verbal learning test-revised; BVMT-R = brief visual-spatial memory test-revised; CPT-IP = continuous performance test-identical pairs. Adjusted F indicates the F value controlled for age, sex, years of education, and BMI.