Demographic and neuropsychological characteristics of stroke and control subjects.

Values represent means (SD), median (range), or proportion (%). Stroke patients performed significantly worse on MMSE (p = 0.038) and CVLT-delayed recall score (p = 0.034). On other neuropsychological tests, no significant differences were found. Education score of 5 means 10–11 years of education. MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination, CVLT = California Verbal Learning Test, NIHSS = National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. NA = not applicable.aIndependent-samples t test.bMann-Whitney test.cChi-square analysis.