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Table 3 Cognitive scores of patients with CHF before and after treatment and controls

From: Clinical treatment reverses attentional deficits in congestive heart failure

 

CHFBT

CHFAT

Controls

p

p

 

(n = 31)

(n = 31)

(n = 30)

CHFBT

CHFAT

    

X

X

    

CHFAT

Controls

Digit Span (mean)

4.0

4.5

5.1

0.096

0.191

CI

3.5 – 4.6

3.9 – 5.1

4.4 – 5.8

  

Digit Symbol (mean)

12.2

15.8

19.3

<0.001

0.305

CI

9.0 – 15.3

12.3 – 19.2

14.8 – 23.8

  

Letter Cancellation (mean)

32.8

44.2

40.3

<0.001

0.624

CI

26.9 – 38.8

36.5 – 51.8

34.5 – 46.2

  

Trail Making A (mean)

35.3

27.9

22.2

0.313

0.691

CI

19.2 – 51.3

14.8 – 41.0

17.1 – 27.6

  

Trail Making B (mean)

78.5

58.1

36.0

0.080

0.133

CI

47.1 – 110.0

37.1 – 79.1

26.6 – 45.4

  
  1. CI = 95% confidence interval of the mean. CHFBT = congestive heart failure patients before treatment. CHFAT = congestive heart failure patients after treatment. All comparisons between CHFBT and CHFAT performed with the Wilcoxon paired test. All comparisons between CHFAT and controls performed with Mann-Whitney test. Note: only CHF patients who completed the two phases of the study were included in the analyses. Information on the Trail Making Test was missing for one patient with CHF.