Influence of High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Neurobehavioral and Electrophysiology in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

Parameters	Active group ()	Sham group ()	value	95% CI
Age (year)			0.772^a	-10.12, 5.96
Duration of disease (month)	3 (1-3)	2 (1-3)	0.803^b	—
Sex (number)
Male	18	16	0.762
Female	7	9
Etiology (number)
TBI	12	9	0.353	—
Stroke	10	9
Anoxia	3	7
Baseline clinical assessment
CRS-R total score			0.630^b	—
GCS total score	8 (7-8)	8 (7-8)	0.763^b	—
Baseline electrophysiology examination
Latencies of N20 component (ms)			0.923^b	—
N20-P25 amplitudes (μV)			0.761^a	-0.668, 0.492
BAEP grade (number)
Grade-I	0	0	0.717^b	—
Grade-II	13	12
Grade-III	9	9
Grade-IV	3	4

Data are presented as deviation or median (interquartile range). Abbreviations: TBI: traumatic brain injury: CRS-R, Coma Recovery Scale-Revised; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; BAEP: brainstem auditory-evoked potential; CI: confidence intervals. Significance level at value < 0.05; p value refers to the results of the ^aindependent samples -test, the ^bMann–Whitney test, and the ^cChi-squared test.