Incidence and risk factors of post-operative cognitive decline after ablation for atrial fibrillation

Table 2 Impaired performance on neuropsychological tests in study group and practice group at 48 h after ablation

Variable	Study group (n = 190)	Practice group (n = 97)	P value
CERAD-I	30 (15.8)	3 (3.1)	0.001*
CERAD-D	25 (13.2)	4 (4.1)	0.02*
Trail A (s)	22 (11.4)	2 (2.1)	0.01*
Trail B (s)	17 (8.9)	2 (2.1)	0.03*
Digit symbol substitution	6 (3.2)	1 (1.0)	0.43
Controlled oral word association	8 (4.2)	3 (3.1)	0.76
CERAD Semantic Fluency	6 (3.2)	4 (4.1)	0.74
Grooved Pegboard Test-D (s)	6 (3.2)	0 (0)	0.10
Grooved Pegboard Tes-N (s)	6 (3.2)	0 (0)	0.10
Combined Score (Z)	19 (10.0)	2 (2.1)	0.02*

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