Cognitive and Emotional Impairment after Minor Stroke and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI): A Prevalence Study

Table 2

Chi square test to compare cognitive tests HAD and FSS among minor ischemic strokes and NSTEMI patients. Proportion of patients and controls with abnormal results based on 5 percentile for normative data. Significant difference with normative data is labeled with.

	Ischemic stroke; N=288(%)	NSTEMI; N=144 (%)	P-value
10-words learning task	17(6)	9(6)	1.0
10-words learning task, delayed recall	27(10)	12(8)	.7
Trail-making A	15(5)	4(3)	.2
Trail-making B	39(14)	16(11)	.4
Verbal fluency	32(11)	17(12)	.8
Color-Word Interference tests
Color naming	59(20)	20(14)	.09
Color reading	52(18)	17(12)	.07
Color inhibition	58(20)	20(14)	.1
Color inhibition/switching	58(20)	17(12)	.03
Error scores
Naming errors	16(6)	5(3)	.8
Reading errors	29(10)	17(12)	.6
Inhibition errors	18(6)	6(4)	.4
Inhibition/switching errors	25(9)	8(6)	.1
Proportion with ≥2 abnormal cognitive tests	220(77)	122(84)	.05
Questionnaire
HADS	45(16)	0(0)	<.001
HADS-A	52(19)	19(13)	.2
HADS-D	34(9)	9 (6)	.06
FSS (n=279/142)	81(29)	22(15)	.002

Adjusted for age and educational level, tested with 5 minutes delay, scaled score, and cumulative percentage. ⁵Anxiety and/or depression was defined as HADS ≥ 15, anxiety was defined as HADS-A≥8, and depression was defined as HADS-D≥8. Fatigue defined as FSS ≥ 5. p value between ischemic stroke and NSTEMI P value ≤0.05 compared with normative data.