Table 2.

Time-related evolution of MMSE in study patients

Variable	Time	Number. of patients	Mean ± SD	Median (IQR)
MMSE (0–30)	Baseline	38	25.8 ± 4.2	27 (23.0–30.0)
	6 weeks	32	23.6 ± 4.8	25 (20.0–27.5)
	3 months	19	24.5 ± 5.2	26 (21.0–29.0)
Drop MMSE	Baseline-6w	32	2.1 ± 3.1(a)	1.5 (0.5–4.0)
	Baseline-3 m	19	1.6 ± 3.4(b)	1.0 (0.0–3.0)

^(a) p = 0.0006 and ^(b)p = 0.055 (both paired Student t-test)

MMSE Mini-mental state examination