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Table 4 The comparison of neuropsychological tests of the patients as regards to localization of infarction

From: Post-stroke executive dysfunction and verbal fluency negatively correlated to IL8

Clinical and laboratory data

Localization of infarction

p value

Anterior circulation (n = 36)

Posterior circulation (n = 9)

MMSE

25.5 ± 3.42

27.75 ± 2.62

0.8

MoCA

21.35 ± 3.87

26.50 ± 2.08

0.2

TMT

251.63 ± 71.04

192 ± 109.84

0.07

COWAT–semantic

8.50 ± 3.73

12.00 ± 4.62

0.3

COWAT–phonemic

11.85 ± 7.65

18.50 ± 8.18

0.8

IL-8

48.3 ± 9.7

47.5 ± 8.2

0.8

  1. MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination; MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment; TMT-B Trail Making Test-B; COWAT Controlled Oral Word Association Test; IL Interleukin