Cognitive variable | Difference between steps | p |
|---|
A* scores | B* scores | C* scores |
|---|
pre-LP x post-LP1 | pre-LP x post-LP2 | post-LP1 x post-LP2 |
|---|
OR—orientation | 0.121 | 0.004 | 0.177 | 0.018 |
MMSE | 0.031 | 0.008 | 0.614 | 0.021 |
RAVLT—B1 | 0.711 | 0.028 | 0.011 | 0.024 |
RAVLT—A7* | 0.153 | 0.014 | 0.290 | 0.048 |
ST—dots | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | 0.855 | p < 0.001 |
ST—words | 0.069 | 0.010 | 0.422 | 0.031 |
ST—errors | 0.241 | 0.002 | 0.053 | 0.010 |
CFT- IR | 0.111 | 0.001 | 0.066 | 0.006 |
- P values: * Non-parametric Friedman test, p < 0.05; Post-hoc analysis with comparisons of groups. LP: lumbar puncture. Variable with its respective test of origin: OR: orientation; MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination; RAVLT-B1: B list of the Rey verbal learning test; RAVLT-A7: late recall [20 min after the list A6] of the Rey verbal learning test; ST-dots: first step [dots] of the Stroop test in the University of Victoria version; ST-words: second step [words] of the Stroop test in the University of Victoria version; ST-errors: numbers of errors in the third step [colors] of the Stroop test in the University of Vitoria version; CFT-IR: Immediate reproduction [after 3 min] of the Rey complex figure test
