Table 2:
Comparison of subject groups on neuropsychological measuresa
| MS (Mean) (SD) | dNPSLE (Mean) (SD) | HC (Mean) (SD) | ANOVA (P Value) | MS vs HC (P Value) | dNPSLE vs HC (P Value) | MS vs dNPSLE (P Value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDMT | 54.6 (16.1) | 54.8 (10.3) | 60.7 (10.4) | .091 | .137 | .373 | 1.0 |
| CVLT2 | 49.3 (12.3) | 50.35 (9.7) | 57.9 (7.9) | .001 | .003 | .009 | 1.0 |
| BVMT-R | 21.7 (7.4) | 24.3 (6.9) | 26.9 (5.7) | .005 | .004 | .571 | .359 |
| D-KEFS | 9.2 (2.8) | 10.3 (2.6) | 119 (2.2) | .011 | .010 | .252 | .722 |
| PASAT | 41.6 (16) | 42 (12.3) | 48.3 (12.3) | .061 | .111 | .226 | 1.0 |
Note:—CVLT2 indicates California Verbal Learning Test, 2nd ed; BVMT-R, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test–Revised; D-KEFS, Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System; SDMT, Symbol Digit Modalities Test; dNPSLE, neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus with diffuse syndromes.
a
Reported measures are raw scores. The statistical analysis among the groups was performed using 1-way analysis of covariance, adjusted for age and sex. Post hoc tests between the individual groups were performed using a Bonferroni correction.