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Table 4 Results of the pre- and postoperative neurocognitive testing between each group

From: Short term cognitive function after sevoflurane anesthesia in patients suspect to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: an observational study

Test

Pre operative

Post operative

Pre low risk

Pre moderate to high risk

P ANOVA value

Post low risk

Post moderate to high risk

P ANOVA value

DemTect (points)

16 (12–18)

17 (13–18)

0.561

14 (10–18)

18 (11–18)

0.013*

RBMT (points)

35 (13–52)

38 (19–56)

0.292

32 (18–66)

42 (16–58)

0.157

ZVT (min)

1.7 (1.2–2.8)

1.7 (1.0–2.3)

0.780

1.5 (1.0–2.1)

1.6 (1.0–2.3)

0.864

TMT (min)

1.4 (0.9–3.0)

1.5 (0.9–2.7)

0.958

1.3 (0.7–2.1)

1.3 (1.0–3.3)

0.534

Digit Span Forwards (points)

8 (5–11)

8 (5–12)

0.804

8 (4–12)

8 (6–12)

0.804

Digit Span Backwards (points)

6 (3–10)

6 (3–12)

0.760

7 (5–10)

6 (3–12)

0.557

Digit Span Total (points)

14 (8–21)

14 (10–24)

0.669

15 (10–21)

15 (9–24)

0.827

FWIT (sec)

26.1 (19.1–66.1)

30.2 (16.5–50.2)

0.211

25.7 (19.4–47.1)

30.1 (15.4–45.0)

0.219

SKT Attention (points)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–2)

0.760

2 (0–5)

1 (0–4)

0.207

SKT Memory (points)

1 (0–3)

1 (0–6)

0.229

1 (0–5)

1 (0–4)

0.778

SKT Total (points)

1 (0–4)

1 (0–6)

0.494

3 (1–7)

3 (0–6)

0.653

  1. Data are reported as median (range). The p ANOVA value is the significance level of the difference between pre- and postoperative values within a group; *: significant differences with p < 0.05