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Table 3 Neuropsychological findings of set shifting (performance on the WCST and the Trail Making Task (TMT))

From: Serum glutamine, set-shifting ability and anorexia nervosa

 

AN (n = 24)

ANRec (n = 18)

HC (n = 28)

Trail shifting time

33.3 ± 17.6

29.6 ± 11.3

29.1 ± 8.6

Trail shifting errors

2.0 ± 6.5

0.6 ± 1.0

0.4 ± 0.6

WCST total errors, %

24.0 ± 15.6a**

17.6 ± 8.5

14.9 ± 7.7

WCST perseverative errors, %

13.0 ± 10.4a**

8.7 ± 3.5

7.6 ± 3.4

  1. Values are mean ± SD; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.001.
  2. aComparisons between AN and HC; bcomparisons between AN and ANRec; ccomparisons between ANRec and HC.
  3. AN = anorexia nervosa; ANRec = recovered from anorexia nervosa; HC = healthy controls; WCST = the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X