Table 4.
Comparison of z-transformed cognitive scores according to the lesion side after cerebellar infarction.
| Cerebellar infarction patients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive domains | Healthy controls n = 30 | Left lesion n = 20 | Right lesion n = 22 | P value | |||
| mean ± SD | Range | mean ± SD | Range | mean ± SD | Range | ||
| Attention | −0.0 ± 0.8 | −1.6–1.5 | −0.6 ± 0.3 | −3.2–1.4 | −0.9 ± 0.3a | −3.5–0.5 | <0.01 |
| Working Memory | −0.0 ± 0.9 | −1.2–2.1 | −0.6 ± 0.2 | −2.3–1.0 | −0.8 ± 0.4 | −5.7–1.0 | 0.12 |
| Visuospatial | 0.0 ± 1.0 | −3.6–0.7 | 0.2 ± 0.2 | −1.7–0.7 | −1.1 ± 0.9 | −3.7–0.7 | 0.38 |
| Language | 0.1 ± 0.9 | −2.2–1.5 | 0.1 ± 0.3 | −2.2–1.5 | −0.7 ± 0.8 | −3.7–2.1 | 0.65 |
| Episodic Memory | −0.1 ± 0.8 | −2.7–1.5 | −0.1 ± 0.2 | −1.9–1.3 | −0.3 ± 0.3 | −4.9–1.2 | 0.95 |
| Executive Function | 0.0 ± 0.5 | −1.3–0.9 | −0.5 ± 0.2 | −1.77#x02013;0.9 | −1.1 ± 0.3a,b | −3.5–0.3 | <0.001 |
a: is significantly different from controls (p < 0.05); b: is significantly different from patients with left cerebellar infarction (p < 0.05). Abbreviations: SD, Standard deviation.