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Table 4 Relative MFV in the MCA during SOC and WCST in healthy subjects, separately presented for hemisphere/diagnostic grouping and gender

From: Association between two distinct executive tasks in schizophrenia: a functional transcranial Doppler sonography study

SOC

side

men

women

mean diff.

95% CI

df

t-value

Planning

       

   easy

Left

1.0708 (0.0588)

1.0595 (0.0600)

0.0113

-0.0449 – 0.0674

18

0.42

   difficult

MCA

1.0617 (0.0560)

1.0271 (0.0646)

0.0347

-0.0228 – 0.0922

18

1.27

Planning

       

   easy

Right

1.0702 (0.0627)

1.0765 (0.0586)

-0.0063

-0.0634 – 0.0508

18

0.23

   difficult

MCA

1.0542 (0.0651)

1.0548 (0.0587)

-0.0007

-0.0588 – 0.0575

18

0.02

Mov. exe.

       

   easy

Left

1.0866 (0.0437)

1.0867 (0.0719)

-0.0001

-0.0577 – 0.0575

18

0.00

   difficult

MCA

1.0843 (0.0588)

1.0622 (0.0841)

0.0220

-0.0478 – 0.0919

18

0.66

Mov. exe.

       

   easy

Right

1.0842 (0.0522)

1.0977 (0.0812)

-0.0135

-0.0794 – 0.0524

18

0.13

   difficult

MCA

1.0791 (0.0540)

1.0702 (0.0780)

-0.0041

-0.0689 – 0.0607

18

0.14

WCST

side

men

women

mean diff.

95% CI

df

t-value

steady-state

Left MCA

1.0887 (0.0707)

1.0750 (0.0571)

0.0136

-0.0463 – 0.0736

18

0.48

steady-state

Right MCA

1.0730 (0.0344)

1.0657 (0.0563)

0.0074

-0.0378 – 0.0525

18

0.34

  1. values are mean (SD)
  2. All p-values >0.2
  3. Abbreviations: CI: confidence interval; MFV: mean flow velocity; Mov. exe.: movement execution; n.s.: not significant; SOC: Stockings of Cambridge; WCST: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test