Table 4 Comparison of variables age, mood, pain and tumor volume in the different groups.

From: Risk factors for neurocognitive impairment in patients with benign intracranial lesions

Groups

Variables

Age

P-value

Mood

P-value

Pain

P-value

Volume

P-value

Right hemisphere affected

52.8 y.

0.093

8.5

0.704

3.0

0.475

2.7 cm³

0.738

Right hemisphere not affected

58.6 y.

5.0

0.0

1.7 cm³

Left hemisphere affected

54.1 y.

0.604

10.0

0.049

4.0

0.084

1.6 cm³

0.024

Left hemisphere not affected

55.6 y.

6.0

0.0

6.2 cm³

Tumor

56.4 y.

0.031

8.5

0.36

2.0

0.627

3.0 cm³

0.114

Vascular lesion

45.9 y.

2.0

0.0

1.0 cm³

  1. Median scores are shown. For mood, the scores of the BDI-II are reported (points), for pain, the scores of the IBK (points). Data of volume are shown as the volume of the contrast enhancing preoperative tumor (cm³); y = years.