Comparison of dependent neuropsychological variables between cognitive subgroups and healthy controls.

 = higher scores indicate worse performance or high degree of abnormality respectively; ¹ = analyzed by AN(C)OVA; ² = analyzed by Welch-Test/ANOVA/Spearman rank correlations; ³ = analysed by Kruskal-Wallis-Test/U-Test/Spearman rank correlations; ⁴ = significant effect of the covariate age.

HC  =  Healthy Controls; ALS-ni =  ALS patients without cognitive impairment; ALS-ci  =  ALS-patients with cognitive impairment; TMT  =  Trail-Making Test; Stroop-I  =  Stroop-Inhibition; Stroop-C  =  Stroop-Congruence; Stroop-E  =  Total errors; RWT  =  Regensburg word fluency test; ToL-E  =  Tower of London-Number of rule breakings; ToL-M  =  Tower of London Ratio of number of moves and number of correct trials; VMIR  =  Verbal memory Immediate Recall; VMDR  =  Verbal Memory Delayed Recall; VMR  =  Verbal Memory Recognition; DSF/DSB  =  Digit Span forward and backward; BOSU-P  =  Bogenhausen Semantic Test –Pointing; BOSU-N  =  Bogenhausen Semantic Test –Naming; RCFT  =  Rey complex figure test; FrSBe  =  Frontal System Behaviour Scale; A  =  Apathy; D  =  Disinhibition; E  =  Executive Dysfunction; S  =  self rating; F  =  family rating.

Comparison of dependent neuropsychological variables between cognitive subgroups and healthy controls.