Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.

From: Association between aphasia severity and brain network alterations after stroke assessed using the electroencephalographic phase synchrony index

Variables

Patients

Healthy controls

Statistics

P

Number of participants

31

24

–

–

Age, (years, ± SD)

67.6 ± 13.2

66.0 ± 6.9

t(47.3) =  − 0.73

0.471

Women:Men

7:24

10 : 14

χ2(1) = 0.52

0.472

MMSE score (median [IQR])

–

30.0 [28.5–30.0]

–

–

EEG recording after stroke onset (days, median [IQR])

35.0 [27.8–43.0]

–

–

–

NIHSS score (median [IQR])

6 [2–10]

–

–

–

ARSsp score (median [IQR])

47.0 [3.5–62.0]

–

–

–

LV (mm3; median [IQR])

59,704 [33,464–103,216]

–

–

–

  1. ARSsp Aphasia Rating Scale speech, EEG electroencephalography, IQR interquartile range, LV lesion volume, MMSE mini mental state examination, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, SD standard deviation.
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