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Table 4 T-score distributions of baseline neuropsychological test performance of former American football players

From: Neuropsychological test performance of former American football players

Domain

Test/instrument

Former American football players (n = 170), n (%)

≤ 35

36–39

40–49

≥ 50

Learning and memory

BVMT-R Trials 1–3

37 (21.8)

16 (9.4)

44 (25.9)

73 (42.9)

BVMT-R delayed recall

29 (17.1)

6 (3.5)

41 (24.1)

94 (55.3)

NAB List Learning trials 1–3

52 (30.6)

19 (11.2)

71 (41.8)

28 (16.5)

NAB List Learning SDR

64 (37.6)

32 (18.8)

35 (20.6)

39 (22.9)

NAB List Learning LDR

76 (44.7)

10 (5.9)

47 (27.6)

37 (21.8)

Craft Story Immediate (Verbatim)

25 (14.7)

25 (14.7)

73 (42.9)

47 (27.6)

Craft Story Immediate (Paraphrase)

27 (15.9)

19 (11.2)

69 (40.6)

55 (32.4)

Craft Story Delay (Verbatim)

26 (15.3)

28 (16.5)

78 (45.9)

38 (22.4)

Craft Story Delay (Paraphrase)

32 (18.8)

16 (9.4)

73 (42.9)

49 (28.8)

Executive function

COWAT

11 (6.5)

23 (13.5)

69 (40.6)

67 (39.4)

SCWT Interferencea

6 (3.6)

9 (5.4)

82 (48.8)

71 (42.3)

NAB Mazes

7 (4.1)

8 (4.7)

41 (24.1)

114 (67.1)

Trail Making Test Part B

35 (20.6)

12 (7.1)

58 (34.1)

65 (38.2)

Attention, visual scanning, and psychomotor speed

Symbol Digit Modalities Test

20 (11.8)

9 (5.3)

56 (32.9)

85 (50)

Trail Making Test Part A

32 (18.8)

10 (5.9)

65 (38.2)

63 (37.1)

UDS Number Span Test: Forward

4 (2.4)

15 (8.8)

74 (43.5)

77 (45.3)

UDS Number Span Test: FL

14 (8.2)

10 (5.9)

57 (33.5)

89 (52.4)

UDS Number Span Test: Backward

25 (14.7)

24 (14.1)

62 (36.5)

59 (34.7)

UDS Number Span Test: BL

24 (14.1)

6 (3.5)

89 (52.4)

51 (30)

Language

Animal Fluency

29 (17.1)

16 (9.4)

71 (41.8)

54 (31.8)

Multilingual Naming Test

36 (21.2)

18 (10.6)

77 (45.3)

39 (22.9)

Visuospatial

Judgment of Line Orientation (odd version)

12 (7.1)

6 (3.5)

27 (15.9)

125 (73.5)

  1. The sample excluded participants who had suboptimal performance on 2+ performance validity tests and was restricted to participants who had complete data on all primary objective neuropsychological tests
  2. Abbreviations: BVMT-R Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised, NAB Neuropsychological Assessment Battery List Learning [SDR Short Delay Recall, LDR Long Delay Recall], UDS Uniform Data Set, COWAT Controlled Oral Word Association Test, SCWT Golden Stroop Color and Word Test, FL Forward Longest Span, BL Backward Longest Span
  3. an = 2 with missing data due to colorblindness