Table 3 Comparison between the WMHs (group I) and non-WMHs subjects (group II) regarding studied scales

AADLs

24.57 ± 4.25

28.70 ± 3.35

4.042

< 0.001*

MADRS

18.11 ± 8.76

10.39 ± 5.11

3.888

< 0.001*

Berg balance test

45.09 ± 2.25

44.75 ± 2.15

0.606

0.546

MoCA

24.77 ± 1.44

25.50 ± 1.06

2.164

0.034*

Trail-making test

295.32 ± 48.54

255.96 ± 23.66

3.729

< 0.001*

Stroop color word test

171.32 ± 15.22

122.00 ± 23.24

10.554

< 0.001*

Digit span forward

4.91 ± 0.86

5.25 ± 0.94

1.512

0.135

Digit span backwards

4.30 ± 0.76

4.50 ± 0.66

1.104

0.273

Arithmetic test

7.86 ± 1.17

10.83 ± 1.71

8.453

< 0.001*

Language vocabulary

22.64 ± 2.63

22.79 ± 1.53

0.265

0.792

Block design

9.43 ± 1.42

12.96 ± 1.33

9.989

< 0.001*

Preservative response

28.57 ± 3.53

23.29 ± 4.05

5.594

< 0.001*

Preservative errors

16.91 ± 3.64

11.63 ± 2.20

6.481

< 0.001*

Non-preservative errors

17.23 ± 2.40

8.79 ± 1.47

15.653

< 0.001*

Trials to complete 1st category

13.18 ± 1.56

11.54 ± 1.02

4.632

< 0.001*

Conceptual level response

33.11 ± 4.72

41.83 ± 2.87

8.247

< 0.001*

No. of categories

2.70 ± 0.73

4.33 ± 0.82

8.405

< 0.001*