Prevalence and Pattern of Neurocognitive Impairment in Nigerians with Stages 3 to 5 Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 3

Comparison of the mean CSI’D performance between controls and CKD patients.

Variable	Mean (SD)	t-value	P value
Total CSI’D
Control; CKD	54.0 (5.0); 42.6 (5.9)	13.10	<0.001*
Language (naming)
Controls; CKD	6.9 (0.4); 5.7 (0.8)	11.78	<0.001*
Language (definition)
Controls; CKD	4.0 (0.1); 3.9 (0.4)	1.73	0.164
Language (fluency)
Control; CKD	15.6 (4.2); 9.4 (3.8)	9.76	<0.001*
Attention and calculation
Controls; CKD	3.0 (0.1); 2.8 (0.6)	3.10	<0.001*
Orientation (time)
Controls; CKD	4.9 (0.3); 4.6 (1.1)	2.26	0.019*
Orientation (place)
Controls; CKD	4.9 (0.5); 4.5 (0.8)	4.05	<0.001*
Memory (immediate recall)
Controls; CKD	4.6 (0.5); 4.5 (1.3)	8.50	<0.001*
Memory (registration)
Controls; CKD	3.1 (0.4); 3.0 (0.3)	0.47	0.256
Praxis
Controls; CKD	6.9 (0.4); 5.3 (1.3)	10.50	<0.001*

∗Statistically significant.