Site of Cerebral Infarctions

Executive function tests

No

Yes

T

P-value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Parietal infarctions

Block Design Test

9.105 ± 6.513

1.714 ± 2.268

4.183

0.000^*

Digit Span Test

8.408 ± 1.927

7.071 ± 1.774

2.412

0.018^*

Letter Verbal Fluency

4.434 ± 3.782

3.429 ± 2.409

0.957

0.341

Animal Verbal Fluency

10.684 ± 3.549

6.143 ± 2.878

4.516

0.000^*

Clock Drawing Test

2.513 ± 3.223

6.071 ± 1.730

−4.013

0.000^*

Temporal infarctions

Block Design Test

8.482 ± 6.593

1.714 ± 2.360

2.689

0.009^*

Digit Span Test

8.301 ± 1.980

7.000 ± 1.155

1.709

0.091

Letter Verbal Fluency

4.398 ± 3.705

2.857 ± 1.773

1.085

0.281

Animal Verbal Fluency

10.265 ± 3.752

6.571 ± 2.992

2.533

0.013^*

Clock Drawing Test

2.831 ± 3.298

5.857 ± 1.676

−2.393

0.019^*

Occipital infarctions

Block Design Test

8.221 ± 6.627

2.250 ± 2.872

1.786

0.077

Digit Span Test

8.291 ± 1.939

6.250 ± 1.258

2.078

0.041^*

Letter Verbal Fluency

4.384 ± 3.630

2.000 ± 2.449

1.296

0.198

Animal Verbal Fluency

10.093 ± 3.821

7.500 ± 3.109

1.334

0.186

Clock Drawing Test

2.930 ± 3.289

6.000 ± 2.000

−1.845

0.068

Capsular infarctions

Block Design Test

8.436 ± 6.772

4.833 ± 4.549

1.778

0.079

Digit Span Test

8.218 ± 1.998

8.083 ± 1.730

0.221

0.826

Letter Verbal Fluency

4.308 ± 3.619

4.083 ± 3.704

0.199

0.842

Animal Verbal Fluency

10.128 ± 3.922

9.000 ± 2.985

0.953

0.343

Clock Drawing Test

2.821 ± 3.226

4.667 ± 3.447

−1.829

0.071

Thalamic and BG infarctions

Block Design Test

8.713 ± 6.574

1.900 ± 2.726

3.229

0.002^*

Digit Span Test

8.338 ± 1.889

7.100 ± 2.234

1.915

0.059

Letter Verbal Fluency

4.538 ± 3.707

2.200 ± 1.687

1.961

0.053

Animal Verbal Fluency

10.325 ± 3.808

7.200 ± 2.658

2.513

0.014^*

Clock Drawing Test

2.838 ± 3.235

4.900 ± 3.381

−1.892

0.062

Periventricular infarctions

Block Design Test

8.386 ± 6.615

2.857 ± 4.259

2.167

0.033^*

Digit Span Test

8.229 ± 1.896

7.857 ± 2.734

0.481

0.632

Letter Verbal Fluency

4.494 ± 3.654

1.714 ± 1.604

1.988

0.050

Animal Verbal Fluency

10.193 ± 3.874

7.429 ± 1.618

1.866

0.065

Clock Drawing Test

2.940 ± 3.299

4.571 ± 3.101

−1.261

0.210