Table 2:

Comparison of subject groups on neuropsychological measuresa

MS (Mean) (SD)dNPSLE (Mean) (SD)HC (Mean) (SD)ANOVA (P Value)MS vs HC (P Value)dNPSLE vs HC (P Value)MS vs dNPSLE (P Value)
SDMT54.6 (16.1)54.8 (10.3)60.7 (10.4).091.137.3731.0
CVLT249.3 (12.3)50.35 (9.7)57.9 (7.9).001.003.0091.0
BVMT-R21.7 (7.4)24.3 (6.9)26.9 (5.7).005.004.571.359
D-KEFS9.2 (2.8)10.3 (2.6)119 (2.2).011.010.252.722
PASAT41.6 (16)42 (12.3)48.3 (12.3).061.111.2261.0
  • Note:—CVLT2 indicates California Verbal Learning Test, 2nd ed; BVMT-R, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test–Revised; D-KEFS, Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System; SDMT, Symbol Digit Modalities Test; dNPSLE, neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus with diffuse syndromes.

  • a Reported measures are raw scores. The statistical analysis among the groups was performed using 1-way analysis of covariance, adjusted for age and sex. Post hoc tests between the individual groups were performed using a Bonferroni correction.