Table 2 Raw scores from the neuropsychological assessment of the PCC and HC groups.

From: Functional brain abnormalities in post COVID-19 condition and their relationship with cognition

 

PCC (n = 121)

HC (n = 37)

 
 

n

Mdn (min–max)

n

Mdn (min–max)

F/ p

MoCA

114

27.00 (18–30)

26

28.00 (25–30)

5.37/0.024**

Matrix

121

19.00 (5–50)

26

20.00 (5–26)

1.00/0.325

RAVLT Total

121

46.00 (23–65)

37

50.00 (35–65)

7.55/0.004**

RAVLT delayed recall

121

9.00 (1–15)

37

10.00 (4–15)

6.43/0.013**

RAVLT recognition

120

13.00 (3–15)

37

14.00 (10–15)

8.19/0.004**

ROCF immediate memory accuracy

83

19.00 (1–30)

26

20.50 (8.5–30)

2.10/0.145

ROCF delayed memory accuracy

83

18 (1–30)

26

21 (8–29)

1.95/0.156

Digit span forwards

121

6.00 (3–9)

26

6.00 (4–8)

8.31/0.005**

Digit span backwards

121

4.00 (2–8)

26

5.00 (4–8)

11.16/0.001**

DSC

120

66.00 (21–100)

26

77.00 (37–100)

12.23/0.003**

TMTA

121

34.00 (13–180)

37

27.00 (15–76)

5.82/0.012**

TMTB

121

72.00 (10–300)

37

66.00 (31–170)

3.93/0.055

Stroop W

118

95.00 (20–144)

35

106.00 (62–131)

11.49/0.009**

Stroop C

118

62 (21–108)

35

70.00 (46–92)

1097/0.009**

Stroop WC

118

38.00 (13–96)

35

42.00 (12–65)

3.72/0.120

Phonemic fluency (PMR)

120

39.00 (14–83)

26

48.50 (23–77)

20.49/0.001**

Semantic fluency (Animals)

121

20.00 (8–38)

37

24.00 (11–35)

8.39/0.004**

BNT

84

54.50 (34–60)

26

57.00 (47–60)

4.05/0.050

RMET

84

23.00 (15–31)

26

24.00 (15–28)

3.41/0.057

UPSIT-40

68

30.00 (12–37)

32

32.00 (27–38)

1020/0.003**

  1. BNT, Boston Naming Test; DSC, Digit Symbol Coding; HC, healthy controls; Mdn, median; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; PCC, post-COVID condition; RAVLT, Rey’s Auditory Verbal Learning Test; RAVLT delayed recall, total recall after 20 min; RAVLT total, sum of correct responses from trial I to trial V; ROCF, Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure Test; RMET, Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test; Stroop W, Stroop Word; Stroop C, Stroop Color; Stroop WC, Stroop Word-Color; TMTA, Trail Making Test part A; TMTB, Trail Making Test part B; UPSIT-40, University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test. Group differences were tested using GLM.
  2. ** p-value < 0.05 FDR corrected.