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. 2020 Nov 23;11:551921. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.551921

Table 2.

Neuropsychological test performance in the total sample of people with HIV and by sex.

Sex
Total Men Women
(N = 1,666) (n = 1,465) (n = 201) P-value
T-scores M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)
BVMT-R
Total learning 45.4 (10.0) 45.6 (10.1) 43.84 (9.6) 0.01
Delayed recall 42.2 (11.4) 45.2 (11.5) 45.6 (11.1) 0.6
Recognition 45.8 (13.7) 45.5 (13.7) 48.3 (13.1) 0.006
HVLT-R
Total learning 42.6 (11.6) 42.5 (11.7) 43.0 (11.1) 0.56
Delayed recall 43.2 (11.7) 43.3 (11.8) 42.6 (10.8) 0.41
Recognition 44.4 (13.8) 43.6 (13.6) 50.5 (13.3) <0.001
Grooved pegboard
Dominant 45.4 (11.9) 45.4 (11.8) 45.4 (12.5) 0.98
Non-dominant 44.7 (11.3) 44.7 (11.3) 44.4 (11.6) 0.7
Trail making test
Part A 48.3 (11.9) 48.2 (11.9) 49.1 (11.7) 0.31
Part B 46.3 (11.7) 46.1 (11.7) 47.4 (11.4) 0.14
Letter fluency 47.0 (11.5) 47.0 (11.2) 46.9 (13.2) 0.96
PASAT 50 44.7 (11.6) 44.7 (11.6) 44.9 (11.8) 0.79
Digit symbol test 47.2 (11.2) 47.3 (11.3) 46.9 (10.7) 0.67
PERCENT IMPAIRMENT (40 CUTPOINT) N (%) n (%) n (%)
BVMT-R
Total learning 429 (29) 499 (30) 70 (34) 0.13
Delayed recall 483 (33) 546 (33) 63 (31) 0.70
Recognition 434 (30) 487 (29) 53 (26) 0.38
HVLT-R
Total learning 595 (41) 670 (40) 75 (37) 0.41
Delayed recall 564 (38) 641 (38) 77 (38) 1.00
Recognition 476 (33) 510 (31) 34 (17) <0.001
Grooved pegboard
Dominant 470 (32) 536 (32) 66 (33) 0.89
Non-dominant 461 (31) 523 (31) 62 (31) 0.92
Trail making test
Part A 297 (20) 341 (20) 44 (22) 0.66
Part B 410 (28) 457 (27) 47 (23) 0.20
Letter fluency 342 (23) 396 (24) 54 (27) 0.31
PASAT 50 508 (35) 580 (35) 72 (36) 0.81
Digit symbol test 378 (26) 430 (26) 52 (26) 1.00

M, mean; SD, standard deviation; BVMT-R, Benton Visual Retention Test-Revised; HVLT-R, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised; PASAT, Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test.