A comparison of cognitive performances between neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and multiple sclerosis patients in Indian context

Table 4 Executive profile of NMOSD vs MS patients

Characteristic	MS	NMOSD	P value
Predominant subdomain	Mental flexibility	Verbal fluency
No. of subdomains involved	2.5 ± 1.13	2.9 ± 1.74	0.25
Abstraction	22(55%)	12(60%)	0.8543
Mental flexibility	30(75%)	14(70%)	0.7008
Verbal fluency	12(30%)	16(80%)	< 0.0001*
Judgement	2(5%)	0	0.04392*
Set shifting	28(70%)	10(50%)	0.3073
Planning	8(21.1%)	6(37.5%)	0.3470

*p value ≤ 0.05 is considered significant
No statistically significant difference was noted in the executive profile between the two group except for verbal fluency and judgement