Table 3. Correlations between questionnaires and cognitive tests.
MG-QOL | BDI | Epworth | ||||
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p-value | r | p-value | r | p-value | r | |
Age | 0.306 2 | - | 0.157 2 | - | 0.328 2 | - |
Education | 0.352 2 | - | 0.609 2 | - | 0.313 2 | - |
Length of illness | 0.114 2 | - | 0.776 2 | - | 0.967 2 | - |
MMSE | 0.101 2 | - | 0.001 | -0.551 2 | 0.582 2 | - |
MoCA | 0.628 2 | - | 0.155 2 | - | 0.678 2 | - |
PVF | 0.995 2 | - | 0.253 2 | - | 0.822 2 | - |
SVF | 0.609 2 | - | 0.157 2 | - | 0.571 2 | - |
A1-A5 | 0.796 2 | - | 0.218 2 | - | 0.675 2 | - |
A6 | 0.048 | 0.777 2 | 0.617 2 | - | 0.162 2 | - |
A7 | 0.333 2 | 0.713 2 | - | 0.111 2 | - | |
MG-QOL | - | - | 0.007 | 0.449 2 | 0.491 2 | - |
MGCS | <0.001 | 0.775 2 | 0.054 2 | - | 0.085 2 | - |
BDI | 0.007 | 0.449 2 | - | - | 0.089 2 | - |
Epworth | 0.491 2 | - | 0.089 2 | - | - | - |
MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment ; PVF: phonemic verbal fluency; SVF: semantic verbal fluency; A1-A5: immediate memory; A6: short term memory retention; A7: recent memory; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; MG-QOL: Myasthenia Gravis - quality of life scale; MGCS: Myasthenia Gravis Composite Scale; 1 Spearman's correlation; 2 Pearson correlation.