The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 4 Comparison between patients distributed according to MS course regarding mean cognitive scales scores

From: Clinical predictors to cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis patients

	Type of MS
	RRMS	SPMS	i value
ACE attention
Mean ± SD	17.0 ± 1.2	15.9 ± 1.4	0.011*
ACE memory
Mean ± SD	20.7 ± 2.1	18.0 ± 1.3	< 0.001**
ACE language
Mean ± SD	23.1 ± 1.7	19.9 ± 1.6	< 0.001**
ACE fluency
Mean ± SD	10.1 ± 1.6	10.2 ± 1.9	0.879
ACE visuospatial
Mean ± SD	15.5 ± 1.0	15.2 ± 1.3	0.463
ACE total
Mean ± SD	86.4 ± 5.7	79.1 ± 2.0	< 0.001**
PASAT 3
Mean ± SD	23.0 ± 8.7	16.6 ± 8.2	0.032*
Trail making type B
Mean ± SD	173.3 ± 66.0	224.0 ± 77.2	0.035*

*Statistically significant
**Highly significant
ACE Addenbrooke’s cognitive examination III, PASAT3 Paced auditory serial addition test, RRMS relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, SPMS secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, SD standard deviation
P value is significant if ≤ 0.050.

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