Table 3.

Comparison of visual and verbal memory performance within and between clinical groups.

	MELAS	Carriers	Controls
	n = 18	n = 58	n = 20
Visual memory: mean (SD)*	11.33 (23.48)	31.27 (31.20)	52.25 (32.44)
Verbal memory: mean (SD) §	26.31 (31.52)	42.69 (32.06)	36.75 (28.07)
Visual – verbal: mean (SD)	−14.97 (23.19)	−11.42 (39.48)	15.50 (39.36)
Within group comparison	t = −2.74 (p = 0.01)	t = −2.20 (p = 0.03)	t = 1.76 (p = 0.09)

Bold indicates Alpha was set at 0.05.

^*Different among groups (p = 0.0003).

^§ No difference among groups (p = 0.15).