Table 3.
Personality evaluation and neuropsychological test performances in ECD patients
| Mean | SD | Reference | t | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personality evaluation (BFI, n = 30) | |||||
| Extraversion | 3.10 | 0.94 | 3.2 | − 0.58 | 0.56 |
| Agreeableness | 4.19 | 0.49 | 3.9 | 3.18 | < 0.005* |
| Conscientiousness | 3.77 | 0.53 | 3.4 | 3.81 | < 0.001* |
| Openness | 3.40 | 0.69 | 3.5 | 1.61 | 0.12 |
| Neuroticism | 2.72 | 0.95 | 3.0 | − 0.79 | 0.44 |
| Neuropsychological test performance (n = 25) | |||||
| Wisconsin card sorting task | |||||
| Total number of errors | 0.06 | 1.81 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.88 |
| Non-perseveration errors | − 0.75 | 1.86 | 0 | − 2.04 | 0.05 |
| Perseveration errors | − 0.29 | 2.80 | 0 | − 0.53 | 0.60 |
| d2 test of attention | |||||
| KL | 96.15 | 13.25 | 100 | 37.01 | < 0.0001* |
| GZ | 84.40 | 20.02 | 100 | 16.12 | < 0.0001* |
| GZ-F | 86.40 | 20.79 | 100 | 15.99 | < 0.0001* |
| Stroop Test | |||||
| Word reading | − 0.83 | 1.48 | 0 | − 2.87 | 0.024 |
| Color naming | − 0.81 | 1.72 | 0 | − 2.87 | 0.008* |
| Stroop interference | − 0.24 | 1.31 | 0 | 0.92 | 0.37 |
| California verbal learning test | |||||
| STFR | − 0.63 | 1.33 | 0 | − 2.38 | 0.025 |
| STIR | − 0.84 | 1.40 | 0 | − 3.01 | 0.006* |
| LTFR | − 0.83 | 1.44 | 0 | − 2.87 | 0.008* |
| LTIR | − 1.01 | 1.39 | 0 | − 3.63 | < 0.001* |
| Verbal fluency tests | |||||
| Semantic | − 0.48 | 1.08 | 0 | − 2.29 | 0.03 |
| Phonetic | − 0.24 | 1.14 | 0 | − 1.07 | 0.29 |
| Digit span test | |||||
| Forward | − 0.47 | 0.71 | 0 | − 3.36 | 0.0026* |
| Backward | − 0.23 | 0.84 | 0 | − 1.37 | 0.18 |
| Sequencing | − 0.22 | 0.86 | 0 | − 1.33 | 0.20 |
| Trail making test | |||||
| TMT-A | − 0.63 | 1.74 | 0 | − 1.86 | 0.07 |
| TMT-B | − 1.54 | 4.34 | 0 | − 1.80 | 0.08 |
ECD Erdheim-Chester disease, SD standard deviation, BFI Big Five Inventory
*Significant after Bonferroni correction