Table 1 Demographic characteristics and summary of neuropsychologic test.

From: The attention network changes in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Evidence from an arterial spin labeling perfusion study

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Healthy Controls (n = 34)

Pre-treatment (n = 31)

Post-treatment (n = 31)

P-values

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

Pre vs. Post a

HC vs. Post b

Age at Baseline (years)

46.29 (4.09)

47.10 (4.53)

NA

0.456

NA

Education (years)

11.21 (2.09)

10.65 (2.36)

NA

0.313

NA

Breast cancer stage

ā€ƒII

NA

10

NA

NA

NA

ā€ƒIII

NA

17

NA

NA

NA

ā€ƒInter-scan interval (days)

NA

NA

166.61 (4.46)

NA

NA

ā€ƒFatigue

19.82 (3.87)

21.19 (3.02)

24.71 (3.12)

<0.001 *

<0.001 *

ā€ƒHAMA

3.97 (1.22)

5.19 (1.05)

4.23 (0.96)

0.003

0.354

ā€ƒHAMD

4.38 (1.28)

4.94 (0.93)

4.52 (1.24)

0.114

0.670

ā€ƒMoCA

25.50 (1.93)

24.74 (2.22)

25.39 (2.33)

0.299

0.832

Attention/concentration

ā€ƒDigit Span (forward)

6.12 (1.27)

5.74 (1.24)

5.61 (1.02)

0.670

0.085

ā€ƒDigit Span (backward)

5.24 (1.10)

4.87 (1.09)

4.16 (0.86)

0.010

<0.001 *

ā€ƒStroop Color test (sec)

14.43 (4.17)

15.16 (3.25)

15.11 (3.45)

0.955

0.483

ā€ƒTrailmaking A (sec)

52.88 (9.22)

53.63 (9.51)

56.64 (8.14)

0.175

0.087

Memory (AVLT)

ā€ƒImmediate Recall

11.44 (1.76)

11.13 (1.73)

10.90 (1.51)

0.607

0.193

ā€ƒDelayed Recall

10.56 (1.93)

10.23 (1.93)

8.84 (1.61)

0.013

<0.001 *

ā€ƒRecognition

9.62 (2.16)

9.58 (1.84)

7.87 (1.91)

0.005

0.001 *

Executive function

ā€ƒTrailmaking B (sec)

97.02 (9.85)

96.68 (9.15)

102.38 (10.36)

0.016

0.036

ā€ƒStroop Word test (sec)

17.43 (2.47)

18.38 (3.78)

22.20 (6.19)

0.010

<0.001 *

ā€ƒStroop Interference test (sec)

30.98 (8.38)

31.98 (7.96)

36.82 (9.44)

0.022

0.010

ā€ƒVerbal fluency

13.15 (2.12)

12.87 (1.46)

12.26 (1.88)

0.178

0.080

  1. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; HC, Healthy Controls; HAMA, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; HAMD, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test; AVLT: Auditory Verbal Learning Test.
  2. aPaired t-tests.
  3. bIndependent two-sample t-tests.
  4. *Indicates significance at FDR corrected for multiple comparisons.