| Table 3. Comparison of WCST scores among patients in the ART, unexplained infertility, and control groups. | |||||
| ARTª (n=35) |
Unexplained Infertilityb (n=31) |
Control ͨ (n=64) |
p | Post hoc test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean±SD Median (Min-Max) |
Mean±SD Median (Min-Max) |
Mean±SD Median (Min-Max) |
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| WCST Total Response | 94.77±23.26 92 (18-128) |
101.16±20.23 98 (70-128) |
106.83±21.91 110 (70-128) |
0.057 b | |
| WCST Total Error | 20.77±12.18 18 (7-59) |
29.61±21.98 20 (5-80) |
32.43±22.46 28 (5-88) |
0.066 b | |
| WCST Category Count | 5.97±2.96 6 (2-22) |
5.39±1.11 6 (2-6) |
4.94±1.43 6 (0-6) |
0.046 b | a-b p=1.000 a-c p=0.020 b-c p=0.284 |
| WCST Perseverative Error | 12.09±5.56 11 (4-27) |
16.13±11.73 12 (4-47) |
16.93±15.30 11 (4-97) |
0.531 b | |
Data are expressed as Mean±SD or Median [Min-Max].
p<0.050 considered statistically significant.
WCST: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; ART: Assisted Reproductive Treatment.
a: comparison between ART and unexplained infertility;
b: comparison between ART and control;
c: comparison between unexplained infertility and control.