Table 3: Neuropsychological and linguistic performance between groups.

HIV-positive (n=40) Controls (n=40)
M SD M SD t df p d
MMSEa 28.43 1.80 29.45 0.78 -3.30 53.31 .002k 0.51
RAVLTb Total 49.58 9.34 55.53 7.54 -3.13 78 .002k 0.49
RAVLT1c 6.40 1.95 7.53 1.60 -2.82 78 .006k 0.44
RAVLT 2c 8.98 2.29 10.33 1.65 -3.02 78 .003k 0.47
RAVLT 3c 10.35 2.48 11.65 2.14 -2.51 78 .014k 0.39
RAVLT 4c 11.48 2.17 12.73 1.81 -2.79 78 .007k 0.44
RAVLT 5c 12.40 2.05 13.30 1.70 -2.14 78 .036k 0.33
RAVLT Delayd 10.68 2.57 12.13 2.34 -2.63 78 .010k 0.41
SDMTe 44.35 11.70 53.83 10.05 -3.88 78 .000k 0.61
LOTf 7.60 2.07 7.83 1.60 -0.54 78 .588 0.08
SNSTg 110.70 2.72 111.45 1.65 -1.49 78 .140 0.23
TMTAh 39.63 12.14 39.75 17.26 -0.04 78 .970 0.01
TMTBi 80.15 38.05 70.35 54.98 0.93 78 .357 0.14
Semantic fluency 57.25 12.16 69.53 13.62 -4.25 78 .000k 0.67
Phonemic fluency 36.25 15.47 46.28 11.97 -3.24 78 .002k 0.51
Sentence repetitionj 27.20 3.50 30.00 1.59 -4.60 54.33 .000k 0.72
Syntactic structurej repetition 30.73 2.14 31.63 0.62 -2.55 45.68 .014k 0.41

aMini-Mental State Examination test (maximum score=30); bRey Auditory-Verbal Learning test (maximum score= 75); cfree recall trials 1-5; dRAVLT-Delayed recall (maximum score=15 each subtest); eSymbol Digit Modalities Test (maximum score=115); fLine Orientation Test (maximum score=10); gStroop Neuropsychological Screening Test (maximum score=112); hTrail Making Test A; iTrail Making Test B; jSentence and syntactic structure repetition (maximum score=32 each); ksignificant difference p < 0.05 (in bold).