Research Article

Sex Dependence of Cognitive Functions in Bipolar Disorder

Table 4

Male-only and female-only comparisons of cognitive functions (values expressed as means and standard deviations shown in brackets).

ā€‰ Males Females
ā€‰PatientsControlsP PatientsControlsP

SSP span length5.0 (1.3)5.6 (1.3)NS4.9 (0.9)5.4 (1.0)
SSP total errors14.4 (6.9)12.0 (6.2)NS11.7 (4.1)12.1 (4.7)NS
SWM strategy 37.0 (5.6)33.5 (5.8) 37.5 (3.3)36.0 (4.4)NS
SWM within errors 6.7 (8.0)2.6 (4.3)NS3.6 (2.7)4.1 (4.1)NS
SWM between errors45.8 (18.7)28.5 (19.7) 47.0 (20.7)39.8 (18.8)NS
SOC mean initial thinking time (5 moves) 9248.9 (5951.1)7969.6 (6475.0)NS13039.6 (14475.1)6059.2 (5116.2)
SOC mean subsequent thinking time (5 moves)2935.7 (2152.5)2308.5 (2168.9)NS4116.3 (2590.0)3901.9 (3800.2)NS
SOC problems solved in minimum moves8.3 (1.5)7.7 (1.5)NS7.1 (1.5)7.4 (1.8)NS
Semantic fluency (number of words)37.6 (5.8)49.2 (9.7) 43.2 (9.3)49.1 (8.4)
Phonemic fluency (number of words) 26.9 (8.3)37.5 (12.9) 29.7 (8.9)35.7 (15.8)NS
TMT A (time (sec)) 43.1 (17.8)30.9 (7.2) 45.1 (17.5)37.3 (10.7)
TMT B (time (sec))115.7 (46.6)71.6 (16.9) 112.9 (47.6)88.0 (52.9)