Table 1

Descriptives of Neuropsychological Functioning of HIV seronegatives and HIV seropositives.

HIV seropositives
 HIV seronegatives


Valid N
 Mean
 SD
 Valid N
 Mean
 SD
 F
 p
AVLT Recall
 109
 7.25
 2.48
 100
 9.2
 2.27
 32.63
 < .0001
AVLT Total
 110
 37.25
 8.66
 100
 43.57
 7.41
 28.81
 < .0001
Symbol Digit
 105
 24.13
 11.41
 100
 31.12
 11.27
 18.96
 < .0001
Pegboard Dom
 108
 91.58
 26.9
 100
 86.48
 21.33
 1.19
 ns
Pegboard Non
 108
 102.78
 37.52
 100
 102.71
 25.23
 0.17
 ns
Gait
 108
 7.21
 1.65
 98
 6.95
 0.82
 1.2
 ns
Trails 1
 107
 92.67
 49.71
 99
 74.38
 22.21
 9.65
 < .0005
Trails 2
 106
 166.97
 57.67
 99
 124.51
 37.01
 33
 < .0001
Digit forward
 110
 4.91
 0.89
 100
 5.28
 0.87
 7.36
 < .005
Digit back
 110
 2.99
 1.1
 100
 3.47
 0.9
 8.48
 < .001

AVLT = WHO-UCLA Auditory Verbal Learning Test; Dom = Dominant hand; Non = nondominant hand; Gait = Modified Timed Gait; Trails = Color Trails; Digit forward = WAISR Digit Span Forward; Digit Back = WAISR Digit Span Backward.

Robertson et al. BMC Neurology 2007 7:8   doi:10.1186/1471-2377-7-8