Table 3.
Estimated means of the neuropsychological tests, as corrected for gender, study center, age and education, of patients and healthy controls
| Schizophrenia | Healthy controls | F value | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated marginal mean/SE | Estimated marginal mean/SE | |||
| Digit Span forward (amount correct) | 7.767/0.317 | 7.784/0.330 | 0.001 | 0.973 |
| Digit Span backward (amount correct) | 6.920/0.346 | 7.714/0.360 | 2.199 | 0.142 |
| Block-Tapping forward (amount correct) | 8.157/0.310 | 8.343/0.322 | 0.150 | 0.699 |
| Block-Tapping backward (amount correct) | 7.362/0.297 | 9.009/0.309 | 12.843 | 0.001** |
| VLMT immediate recall (amount remembered) | 9.465/0.437 | 11.991/0.454 | 13.989 | 0.001** |
| VLMT delayed recall (amount remembered) | 8.378/0.463 | 12.084/0.481 | 26.826 | 0.001** |
| VLMT delayed recognition (amount remembered) | 13.197/0.261 | 14.347/0.271 | 8.121 | 0.006* |
| TMT-A (seconds) | 33.108/1.471 | 26.303/1.529 | 8.948 | 0.004** |
| TMT-B (seconds) | 94.958/6.142 | 61.324/6.365 | 12.514 | 0.001** |
| TMT B-A (seconds) | 61.850/5.582 | 35.020/5.803 | 9.660 | 0.003** |
*Significant difference
**Significant difference (Bonferroni corrected)