Table 2 Comparisons of between- and within-group effects on scores of neuropsychological tests

MoCA

20.40

(2.42)

24.52

(2.80)

21.64

(2.27)

21.88

(3.06)

0.322

< 0.001

 < 0.001

4.12

(2.26)

0.24

(1.54)

4.224

< 0.001

DSST

35.32

(19.19)

39.12

(18.07)

37.58

(14.41)

36.72

(14.66)

0.986

0.565

0.363

3.8

(17.38)

− 0.86

(18.49)

1.050

0.842

Stroop C-A response time

18.21

(18.90)

14.13

(11.63)

19.62

(14.76)

22.67

(17.39)

0.232

0.78

0.059

− 4.08

(17.11)

3.05

(6.96)

− 7.356

0.054

CAVLT-immediate recall

19.48

(5.39)

23.20

(5.07)

20.88

(5.13)

21.44

(5.07)

0.894

0.001

0.01

3.72

(4.63)

0.56

(3.57)

3.255

0.008

CAVLT-delayed recall

6.08

(3.40)

7.36

(3.74)

6.20

(2.69)

5.96

(2.48)

0.44

0.111

0.022

1.28

(2.30)

− 0.24

(2.22)

1.518

0.020

Rey CFT-recall

12.90

(7.53)

17.28

(7.67)

15.52

(6.67)

16.00

(8.72)

0.743

0.003

0.015

4.38

(6.26)

0.48

(4.47)

4.834

0.002