Table 5 Group comparison between anosognosic (n = 33) and non anosognosic (n = 31) DM1 patients, in cognitive domains of functioning; statistically significant p-values are shown in bold

RAVLT IR

41.1 (7.8)

42.1 (6.9)

.612

RAVLT DR

9.0 (1.7)

9.1 (1.8)

.851

Rey Osterrieth Figure (ROCF) Copy

27.6 (6.1)

28.5 (5.7)

.597

Rey Osterrieth Figure (ROCF) IR

12.8 (6.3)

15.5 (5.5)

.124

Rey Osterrieth Figure (ROCF) DR

12.3 (6.6)

14.5 (6.8)

.265

Digit Span

5.1 (1.2)

5.2 (1.1)

.813

Corsi’s Block Test (CBT)

3.9 (0.8)

4.4 (0.6)

.060^a

Trail Making Test A (TMT A)

54.1 (19.9)

57.8 (46.1)

.732

Trail making Test B (TMT B)

140.2 (78.9)

122.3 (31.4)

.351

FAS (phonemic fluency)

26.3 (8.7)

31.3 (10.5)

.083

FAB

15.1 (1.2)

15.3 (1.4)

.576

STROOP Time Interference

33.5 (28.4)

32.4 (22.2)

.881

STROOP Error Interference

3.4 (5.3)

2.5 (2.6)

.487

PM47

25.5 (0.3)

27.5 (4.2)

.202

WCST Categories (Cat)

3.0 (1.9)

4.7 (1.5)

.001

WCST Perseverative Errors (pe)

6.7 (4.6)

4.0 (3.4)

.028