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Table 1 Difference of WAB subtests in PD patients and controls a

From: Characteristics of language impairment in Parkinson’s disease and its influencing factors

  

PD patients b

Controls c

P-value

Gender

Men

18

12

0.891

 

Women

13

8

 

Age, y

 

63.35 ± 8.84 (44–77)

64.85 ± 8.27 (51–76)

0.543

Formal education, y

 

10.74 ± 3.08

10.95 ± 2.69

0.800

MoCA total scores

 

21.00 ± 4.341

25.80 ± 1.642

0.000d

HAMD-17 score

 

8.42 ± 2.29

7.45 ± 2.44

0.157

Subtests of WAB

Spontaneous speech

18.19 ± 1.92

19.75 ± 0.55

0.000d

 

Auditory comprehension

191.10 ± 8.45

194.50 ± 2.80

0.656

 

Repetition

92.35 ± 4.71

97.70 ± 3.37

0.000d

 

Naming

95.97 ± 4.62

98.30 ± 2.27

0.078

 

Reading

91.14 ± 9.20

95.85 ± 7.05

0.061

 

Writing

74.55 ± 13.92

89.80 ± 5.98

0.000d

 

Praxis and construction

80.81 ± 9.76

87.80 ± 7.45

0.013e

 

Aphasia quotient

93.11 ± 4.55 (81.9-99.3)

98.07 ± 1.75 (95.9-100.0)

0.000d

 

Score < 94.5, n (%)

17 (54.8%)

0 (0%)

NA

 

Performance quotient

34.67 ± 2.65

37.26 ± 1.65

0.001d

 

Cortical quotient

91.03 ± 4.68

96.07 ± 2.47

0.000d

  1. aData are expressed as numbers or as mean ± standard deviation, with percentages or ranges in parentheses; bn = 31; cn = 20; d P < 0.01; e P < 0.05.
  2. Levene’s test for equality of variances: MoCA total score F = 8.14, P = 0.007; Spontaneous speech F = 13.76, P = 0.001; Repetition F = 2.52 P = 0.119; Writing F = 13.52, P = 0.001; Praxis and construction F = 2.40 P = 0.129; Aphasia quotient F = 13.65 P = 0.001; Performance quotient F = 2.59 P = 0.106; Cortical quotient F = 6.57 P = 0.014.
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Translational Neurodegeneration

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