Research Article
Sex Dependence of Cognitive Functions in Bipolar Disorder
Table 3
Within-group comparisons of cognitive functions (values expressed as means and standard deviations shown in brackets).
| | | Controls | Patients | | | Males | Females | P | Males | Females | P |
| | SSP span length | 5.6 (1.3) | 5.4 (1.0) | NS | 5.0 (1.3) | 4.9 (0.9) | NS | | SSP total errors | 12.0 (6.2) | 12.1 (4.7) | NS | 14.4 (6.9) | 11.7 (4.1) | NS | | SWM strategy | 33.4 (5.8) | 35.9 (4.4) | | 37. 0 (5.6) | 37.5 (3.3) | NS | | SWM within errors | 2.6 (4.3) | 4.1 (4.1) | | 6.7 (7.9) | 3.6 (2.74) | NS | | SWM between errors | 28.4 (19.7) | 39.8 (18.8) | | 45.8 (18.7) | 47.0 (20.7) | NS | | SOC mean initial thinking time (5 moves) | 7969.6 (6475.0) | 6059.2 (5116.2) | NS | 9248.9 (5951.1) |
13039.6 (14475.1) | NS | | SOC mean subsequent thinking time (5 moves) | 2308.5 (2168.9) | 3901.9 (3800.2) | NS | 2935.7 (2152.5) | 4116.3 (2590.0) | NS | | SOC problems solved in minimum moves | 7.7 (1.48) | 7.4 (1.8) | NS | 8.3 (1.5) | 7.1 (1.5) | | | Semantic fluency (number of words) | 49.2 (9.7) | 49.1 (8.4) | NS | 37.6 (5.8) | 43.2 (9.3) | | | Phonemic fluency (number of words) | 37.5 (12.9) | 35.7 (15.8) | NS | 26.9 (8.3) | 29.7 (8.9) | NS | | TMT A (time (sec)) | 30.9 (7.1) | 37.3 (10.7) | | 43.1 (17.8) | 45.1 (17.5) | NS | | TMT B (time (sec)) | 71.6 (16.9) | 88.0 (52.9) | NS | 115.7 (46.6) | 112.9 (47.6) | NS |
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