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. 2021 Nov 1;12:762656. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.762656

Table 2.

MCCB total and subscale scores at baseline and weeks 4, 8, and 12 in the betahistine and placebo groups.

Betahistine group Placebo group Time F (p-value) Group F (p-value) Group*Time F (p-value)
Speed of processing 20.33 (<0.01) 3.19 (0.08) 2.27 (0.10)
Baseline 42.63 ± 10.95 40.66 ± 10.33
Week 4 46.05 ± 10.67 41.61 ± 10.82
Week 8 46.40 ± 10.32 41.93 ± 10.48
Week 12 48.56 ± 10.57 43.98 ± 10.00
Attention/Vigilance 2.25 (0.10) 3.43 (0.07) 2.23 (0.10)
Baseline 44.30 ± 11.21 42.27 ± 11.71
Week 4 47.74 ± 10.70 42.41 ± 10.65
Week 8 46.47 ± 10.15 41.95 ± 11.89
Week 12 46.42 ± 10.66 41.64 ± 11.46
Working memory 17.32 (<0.01) 3.3 (0.10) 2.39 (0.08)
Baseline 45.35 ± 14.59 43.70 ± 12.51
Week 4 51.37 ± 12.26 45.52 ± 13.64
Week 8 52.05 ± 11.48 46.93 ± 12.40
Week 12 53.09 ± 9.84 47.73 ± 12.26
Verbal learning 11.05 (<0.01) 3.08 (0.08) 3.44 (0.02)
Baseline 43.26 ± 9.51 41.93 ± 14.41
Week 4 45.47 ± 8.07 42.27 ± 12.86
Week 8 47.49 ± 9.89 43.48 ± 12.84
Week 12 51.16 ± 9.89 44.05 ± 12.91
Visual learning 11.05 (<0.01) 2.81 (0.10) 6.07 (0.001)
Baseline 37.60 ± 9.11 38.52 ± 12.81
Week 4 42.26 ± 11.60 37.70 ± 11.28
Week 8 43.93 ± 11.38 39.34 ± 11.33
Week 12 46.19 ± 11.8 39.82 ± 10.35
Reasoning and problem solving 11.92 (<0.01) 6.19 (0.01) 0.86 (0.46)
Baseline 46.35 ± 12.95 41.52 ± 10.99
Week 4 46.77 ± 10.37 39.95 ± 12.38
Week 8 48.42 ± 10.7 43.55 ± 9.86
Week 12 49.84 ± 10.77 45.5 ± 10.48
Social cognition 0.17 (0.90) 0.73 (0.40) 0.91 (0.43)
Baseline 41.49 ± 10.31 40.48 ± 11.78
Week 4 41.63 ± 12.07 41.50 ± 10.6
Week 8 42.58 ± 12.13 39.77 ± 10.36
Week 12 43.19 ± 12.26 40.09 ± 10.08
MCCB total score 27.5 (<0.01) 4.72 (0.03) 5.32 (0.003)
Baseline 40.51 ± 11.40 38.05 ± 13.07
Week 4 44.44 ± 10.38 38.64 ± 12.37
Week 8 45.60 ± 10.79 39.80 ± 11.65
Week 12 47.77 ± 10.51 41.00 ± 11.75

MCCB, MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery; Bold value means Group*Time p < 0.05.