Clinical Study

Cognitive Dysfunction after On-Pump Operations: Neuropsychological Characteristics and Optimal Core Battery of Tests

Table 3

Factor analysis of changes of non-verbal neuropsychological variables in the combined subject group.

Neuropsychological variablesFactor IFactor IIFactor III
Non-verbal memoryPsychomotor speedVisuo-spatial analysis

% of variance22.219.719.5
Benton Non-verbal Memory Test0.798 **
MMSE0.806 **
Digit Symbol Test−0.678 **
TMT A0.686 **
TMT B0.289*0.719 **
Block Design test−0.724 **

Significant Pearson’s correlations between neuropsychological variables and extracted factors, P < 0.05.
Correlations between neuropsychological variables and extracted factors, P < 0.001.