Table 6 Changes in NBACE test results (units per year) during follow-up

Attention

units/year(95%CI)^*

units/year(95%CI)^*

units/year(95%CI)^*

 Digit Backwards

-0.08 (-0.12,-0.04)

-0.06 (-0.09,-0.04)

0.02 (-0.03,0.06)

 Digit Forward

-0.12 (-0.16,-0.08)

-0.11 (-0.14,-0.09)

0.01 (-0.04,0.06)

Automatic inhibition SKT

 Errors

-0.08 (-0.24,0.08)

-0.01 (-0.12,0.10)

0.07 (-0.13,0.26)

 Time

0.18 (-0.50,0.85)

0.72 (0.27,1.18)

0.55 (-0.29,1.39)

Executive functions

 Category fluency

-0.43 (-0.54,-0.32)

-0.55 (-0.62,-0.48)

-0.12 (-0.26,0.02)

 Letter fluency

-0.22 (-0.33,-0.12)

-0.33 (-0.40,-0.26)

-0.11 (-0.24,0.03)

 Similarities

-0.33 (-0.42,-0.24)

-0.35 (-0.40,-0.29)

-0.01 (-0.12,0.10)

Language

 Verbal comprehension

-0.04 (-0.07,-0.02)

-0.03 (-0.05,-0.02)

0.01 (-0.02,0.04)

 Visual naming

-0.41 (-0.50,-0.32)

-0.49 (-0.55,-0.43)

-0.08 (-0.19,0.03)

Orientation

 Global orientation

-0.62 (-0.71,-0.54)

-0.68 (-0.74,-0.62)

-0.06 (-0.17,0.05)

 Temporal

-0.29 (-0.35,-0.24)

-0.32 (-0.36,-0.29)

-0.03 (-0.09,0.04)

Praxis

 Block Design WAIS-III

-0.21 (-0.25,-0.16)

-0.24 (-0.27,-0.20)

-0.03 (-0.09,0.03)

 Imitation

-0.16 (-0.20,-0.13)

-0.19 (-0.21,-0.16)

-0.03 (-0.07,0.02)

 Ideomotor

-0.01 (-0.02,0.01)

-0.02 (-0.03,-0.01)

-0.01 (-0.03,0.01)

Verbal memory

 Delayed recall

0.01 (-0.03,0.04)

0.01 (-0.01,0.03)

0.00 (-0.04,0.04)

 Learning (total)

-0.14 (-0.28,0.00)

-0.38 (-0.47,-0.28)

-0.24 (-0.41,-0.06)

 Recognition memory

-0.11 (-0.22,-0.01)

-0.28 (-0.35,-0.21)

-0.17 (-0.30,-0.03)

Visual perception

 Luria’s clock test

-0.12 (-0.16,-0.08)

-0.11 (-0.13,-0.08)

0.01 (-0.03,0.06)

 Poppelreuter-type test

-0.29 (-0.36,-0.23)

-0.29 (-0.34,-0.25)

0.00 (-0.08,0.08)