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Table 5 Comparison of mean scores of cognitive scales between MS patients with different types of first attack

From: Clinical predictors to cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis patients

 

Type of 1st attack

 
 

Motor

Cerebellar

Visual

Sensory

P value

ACE attention

 Mean ± SD

16.8 ± 1.2

15.7 ± 1.4

17.7 ± 0.8

16.7 ± 1.2

0.013*

ACE memory

 Mean ± SD

19.9 ± 2.5

19.2 ± 1.9

20.1 ± 2.9

21.3 ± 1.2

0.469

ACE language

 Mean ± SD

21.8 ± 2.1

21.1 ± 2.4

23.7 ± 1.4

24.0 ± 2.0

0.036*

ACE fluency

 Mean ± SD

9.8 ± 1.7

10.3 ± 1.8

10.6 ± 1.5

10.7 ± 2.3

0.664

ACE visuospatial

 Mean ± SD

15.1 ± 1.3

15.7 ± 0.8

15.7 ± 0.8

15.3 ± 1.2

0.433

ACE total

 Mean ± SD

83.3 ± 6.2

82.0 ± 4.8

87.9 ± 4.7

88.0 ± 6.9

0.069

PASAT 3

 Mean ± SD

19.6 ± 8.2

21.9 ± 10.3

21.6 ± 10.9

24.3 ± 5.1

0.667

Trail making type B

 Mean ± SD

191.4 ± 75.9

214.6 ± 81.7

140.0 ± 36.1

193.3 ± 23.1

0.240

  1. *Statistically significant
  2. ACE Addenbrooke’s cognitive examination III, PASAT 3 Paced auditory serial addition test, SD standard deviation
  3. P value is significant if ≤ 0.050