Table 3 Cognitive abilities and neuropsychological tests used in assessment in included studiesa
Cognitive abilities | Neuropsychological testsb | Cognitive impairment seen in NAFLD | No difference seen in NAFLD | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
General Cognition | Montreal Cognitive Assessment test Serbian version | + | Â | Filipovic et al. 2018 [21] |
Montreal Cognitive Assessment Turkish version | + | Â | Celikbilek et al. 2018 [22] | |
Mini Mental State Examination | + | Â | Tuttolomondo et al. 2018 [33] | |
Cognitive Failures Questionnaire | + | Â | Elliott et al. 2013 [23] | |
Reasoning | Raven’s Progressive Matrices |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] |
Mental speed, Attention and Psychomotor speed | Digit Symbol Substitution Test | + | Â | Weinstein et al. 2018 [27] |
MoCA-TR Attention: Sustained attention task |  | – | Celikbilek et al. 2018 [22] | |
MoCA-TR Attention: A serial subtraction task |  | – | Celikbilek et al. 2018 [22] | |
MoCA-TR Attention: Digits forward and backward tasks |  | – | Celikbilek et al. 2018 [22] | |
Digit span forward |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Digit span backward |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Mental control |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Purdue Pegboard | + | Â | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Stary Tracing |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Symbol Digit Substitution Test | + | Â | Seo et al. 2016 [32] | |
The Simple Reaction Time Test | + | Â | Seo et al. 2016 [32] | |
Symbol Digit Modalities Test | + | Â | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
The number connection test A |  | – | Felipo et al. 2012 [24] | |
The number connection test B |  | – | Felipo et al. 2012 [24] | |
|  | The Serial Dotting Test |  | – | Felipo et al. 2012 [24] |
Memory and learning | The Wechsler Memory Scale (verbal and visual) |  | – | Weinstein et al. 2019 [29] |
Logical memory |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Figural memory |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Paired associates |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Supraspan - Weschler Memory Scale |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Supraspan Learning Test | + | Â | Tarter et al. 1987 [31] | |
Digit Span Test |  | – | Tarter et al. 1987 [31] | |
Benton Visual Retention Test | + | Â | Tarter et al. 1987 [31] | |
Rey-Osterreith Complex Figure Test |  | – | Tarter et al. 1987 [31] | |
Brown-Peterson Test |  | – | Tarter et al. 1987 [31] | |
The Serial Digit Learning Test | + | Â | Seo et al. 2016 [32] | |
Language | Fluency |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] |
Confrontation Naming |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Responsive Naming |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Peabody Picture Intelligence Test |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
A Verbal Fluency Task | + | Â | Takahashi et al. 2017 [28] | |
The Token Test |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Visuospatial perception | MoCA-TR Visuospatial abilities: Clock drawing | + | Â | Celikbilek et al. 2018 [22] |
MoCA-SR visuoconstructive: Draw a cube and a clock in 11:10 position of clock hands | + | Â | Filipovic et al. 2018 [21] | |
MoCA-TR Visuospatial abilities: Three-dimensional cube-copying task | + | Â | Celikbilek et al. 2018 [22] | |
Hooper Visual Organization Test |  | – | Weinstein et al. 2019 [29] | |
Block Design |  | – | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
Tactual Performance | + | Â | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
The Line Tracing Test |  | – | Felipo et al. 2012 [24] | |
Ideas, abstraction, figural creations and mental flexibility | The Animal Fluency Test | + | Â | Weinstein et al. 2018 [27] |
Trail Making | + | Â | Tarter et al. 1984 [30] | |
MoCA-TR Executive functioning abilities: Trail Making B task | + | Â | Celikbilek et al. 2018 [22] | |
MoCA-TR Executive functioning abilities: Phonemic fluency task | + | Â | Celikbilek et al. 2018 [22] | |
MoCA-TR Executive functioning abilities: Two-item verbal abstraction task | + | Â | Celikbilek et al. 2018 [22] | |
Time to complete trail-making B minus time to complete trail-making A test | + | Â | Weinstein et al. 2019 [29] | |
The Similarities Test | + | Â | Weinstein et al. 2019 [29] |