Relative frequency and prognosis of vascular aphasia (follow-up at 3 months) in the Neurology Department of Assiut University Hospital

Table 4 Comparing KAAT score at onset between the most frequent aphasia subtypes (global, Broca’s, and subcortical)

KAAT score	Types of aphasia			P value¹	P value²	P value³
KAAT score	Global	Broca’s Mean ± SD	Subcortical	P value¹	P value²	P value³
Repetition	0.06 ± 0.33	1.44 ± 1.42	0.06 ± 0.24	0.000**	0.556	0.003**
Comprehension	0.23 ± 0.80	13.78 ± 1.64	0.00 ± 0.00	0.000**	0.217	0.000**
Spontaneous speech	4.20 ± 3.31	7.67 ± 1.22	1.06 ± 2.54	0.002**	0.000**	0.000**
Naming	0.03 ± 0.17	0.33 ± 0.50	0.00 ± 0.00	0.000**	0.486	0.013*
Reading	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	1.000	1.000	1.000
Writing	0.00 ± 0.00	0.11 ± 0.33	0.00 ± 0.00	0.005**	1.000	0.169
Total score	4.52 ± 3.78	23.33 ± 3.46	0.59 ± 1.80	0.000**	0.000**	0.000**

KAAT Kasr El-Eini Arabic Aphasia test, SD standard deviation
¹Comparison between global and Broca’s
²Comparison between global and subcortical
³Comparison between Broca’s and subcortical aphasia
*Significant P value at < 0.05, **highly significant at < 0.01, used test Kruskal Wallis Test