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. 2020 Oct 10;70(6):573–582. doi: 10.1016/j.bjane.2020.06.016

Table 2.

Clinical features of patients with and without POCD on day 7 (values expressed as mean ± standard deviation).

POCD absent (n = 58) POCD present (n = 24) p-value
Age, years 60.6 ± 7.6 66 ± 7.2 0.062
Education, years 9.7 ± 3.3 10.7 ± 3.3 0.276
Duration of Trendelenburg, min 211 ± 36 296 ± 54 0.025a
Duration of anesthesia, min 300 ± 37 394 ± 63 0.012a



S100B values
 Baseline 0.24 ± 0.07 0.24 ± 0.07 0.967
 After induction 0.30 ± 0.10 0.28 ± 0.09 0.473
 Postoperative 30 min 1.01 ± 0.28 1.66 ± 0.26 0.0001a
 Postoperative 24 hours 0.36 ± 0.14 0.57 ± 0.19 0.001a



Baseline test scores
 MMSE 27.4 ± 3.1 (27–30) 27.6 ± 2.2 (26–30) 0.496
 TMT-a 58.9 ± 11.2 55.2 ± 11.3 0.246
 TMT-b 128 ± 18.9 121.5 ± 13.5 0.195
 RAVLT (delayed recall) 5.2 ± 1.1 5.5 ± 1.1 0.434
 DST forward 5.2 ± 0.6 5.2 ± 0.5 0.763
 DST backward 3.9 ± 0.5 3.7 ± 0.8 0.405
 GPT dominant 104.3 ± 13.5 96.7 ± 12.9 0.046
 GPT non-dominant 122.5 ± 15.1 121.2 ± 16.2 0.775



Test scores on postoperative day 7
 TMT-a 67.6 ± 10.4 106 ± 14.6 0.0001a
 TMT-b 133.8 ± 14.2 166.9 ± 17 0.0001a
 RAVLT 5.2 ± 0.9 4.5 ± 1.6 0.033a
 DST forward 4.3 ± 0.8 3.7 ± 1.2 0.059
 DST backward 2.9 ± 0.7 2.6 ± 0.9 0.212
 GPT dominant 108 ± 13 122.3 ± 27.4 0.007a
 GPT non-dominant 130.4 ± 17.4 155.6 ± 23.5 0.0001a

POCD, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; TMT, Trail Making Test; RAVLT, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test; DST, Digit Span Test; GPT, Grooved Pegboard Test.

a

p < 0.05.