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Table 2 Neuropsychological test scores

From: Bilberry/red grape juice decreases plasma biomarkers of inflammation and tissue damage in aged men with subjective memory impairment –a randomized clinical trial

 

Bilberry/red grape juice (n = 30)

Placebo juice (n = 30)

 
 

Baseline

Post intervention

Baseline

Post intervention

pMW (change)

CANTAB

DMS

  Total correct (all delays)

12.0

(12.0–13.0)

12.0

(11.0–13.0)

12

(12.0–13.0)

12.5

(11.0–13.0)

0.71

  Total correct (4000 ms delay)

4.0

(4.0–5.0)

4.0

(4.0–5.0)

4.0

(4.0–5.0)

4.0

(4.0–5.0)

0.76

  Mean correct latency (all delays)

3938

(3086–4367)

3486

(3193–4465)

4225

(3729–4715)

4134

(3692–4469)

0.29

PAL

  First trial memory score (n out of 22)

11.5

(10.0–13.0)

10.0

(10.0–13.0)

11.0

(10.0–14.0)

11.0

(10.0–14.0)

0.24

  Mean trials to success (n out of 10)

2.6

(2.4–3.2)

3.0

(2.8–4.0)

2.4

(2.0–2.8)

2.4

(2.2–2.8)

0.16

  Total errors (n adjusted)

25.0

(18.0–34.0)

31.5

(22.0–40.0)

19.5

(13.0–25.0)

23.5

(18.0–32.0)

0.36

  Total errors (6 shapes, n adjusted)a

8.0

(7.0–11.0)

6.0

(4.0–9.0)

5.5

(4.0–9.0)

6.0

(6.0–11.0)

0.15

  Total errors (8 shapes, n adjusted) b

13.5

(9.0–20.0)

21.5

(16.0–29.0)

11.0

(9.0–16.0)

16.0

(15.0–24.0)

0.50

PRM

  Number correct (n)

22.0

(21.0–23.0)

21.5

(21.0–23.0)

21.0

(21.0–22.0)

21.0

(20.0–23.0)

0.47

Mean correct latency (ms)

2358

(2068–2609)

2305

(2090–2834)

2573

(2365–2708)

2302

(2050–2667)

0.15

SRM

  Number correct (n)

14.0

(14.0–16.0)

14.5

(13.0–16.0)

16.0

(16.0–18.0)

16.0

(16.0–18.0)

0.77

 Mean correct latency

2538

(2266–2833)

2498.8

(2156–2855)

2416

(2234–2770)

2313

(1963–2504)

0.17

PEGS

  dominant hand (ms to accomplish test)

120.0

(95.4–140.4)

104.2

(89.9–126.0)

117.1

(98.2–127.2)

116.2

(96.5–126.1)

0.41

  nondominant hand (ms to accomplish test)

124.2

(93.3–136.4)

116.6

(93.8–136.2)

113.4

(100.2–133.7)

107.2

(95.9–127.5)

0.52

  1. Median baseline and post-intervention are given with corresponding 95%CL (lower, upper) separately for each group. pMW(change) was obtained comparing the groups with regards to change using Mann Whitney test. No significant differences were found between the groups. DMS total correct = n of correct responses. Mean correct latency = ms to response. CANTAB Cambridge Cognition Test Battery, DMS Delayed Matching to Sample, PAL Paired Associates Learning, PRM Pattern Recognition Memory and SRM Spatial Recognition Memory, PEGS Grooved Pegboard Test. Adjusted; corrected for stages that were not accomplished. a all tests wrong result = max score of 60, ball tests wrong result = max score of 80