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Table 2 Comparison of psychological cognitive assessment between pregnant and non-pregnant women

From: Differences in cognition, short-chain fatty acids and related metabolites in pregnant versus non-pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

cognitive assessment

Pregnancy group (n = 67)

Non-pregnant group(n = 31)

t

P

GAD-7

3.27 ± 3.17

3.71 ± 3.06

−0.648

0.519

PHQ-9

4.02 ± 3.33

4.77 ± 3.57

−1.026

0.308

PSQI

6.13 ± 3.01

5.32 ± 2.27

1.478

0.144

SDMT

61.09 ± 7.98

69.13 ± 8.41

−4.547

0.000***

DST

14.28 ± 2.24

14.97 ± 2.59

−1.343

0.182

VRT

10.17 ± 2.36

12.23 ± 1.56

−5.066

0.000***

TMT-A (CT)

33.60 ± 8.91

29.02 ± 8.09

2.434

0.017*

TMT-A-error

0.625 ± 3.03

0.00 ± 0.00

1.147

0.254

TMT-A (FL)

0.46 ± 0.98

0.16 ± 0.37

2.126

0.036*

TMT-B (CT)

46.01 ± 10.62

43.44 ± 10.58

1.112

0.269

TMT-B-error

0.37 ± 1.30

0.03 ± 0.18

1.995

0.050

TMT-B (FL)

0.42 ± 0.71

0.10 ± 0.30

3.057

0.003**

WCST- classification

5.73 ± 1.24

6.23 ± 0.84

−2.269

0.026*

WCST (TEN)

7.67 ± 4.38

6.22 ± 2.55

2.008

0.048*

WCST (CEN)

3.46 ± 4.32

2.77 ± 2.96

0.795

0.429

WCST (NCEN)

4.21 ± 1.80

3.42 ± 1.06

2.250

0.027*

VFTFM

18.79 ± 4.25

22.58 ± 4.71

−3.953

0.000***

VFT- repeat

0.49 ± 0.81

0.71 ± 0.94

−1.165

0.247

VFT-error

0.35 ± 0.98

0.58 ± 1.43

−0.911

0.365

  1. SDMT Symbol Digit Modalities Test, DST Digit span test, TMT Trail making test, CT Completion time, FL Frequency of pen lifting, VRT Visual Reproduction Test, WCST Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, TEN Total error number, CEN Continuous error number, NCEN Non- continuous error number, VFT Verbal Fluency Test, VFTFM: first few minutes of the VFT. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001