Research Article

Clinical Study on Blood Pressure Variability, Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Arteriosclerosis Index in Patients with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Treated with Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine by Invigorating Kidney and Removing Blood Stasis

Table 4

Comparison of MoCA scores between the two groups before and after treatment (± s, score).

GroupObservation group (n = 71)Control group (n = 58)t#
Before therapyAfter treatmentBefore therapyAfter treatment

Total score16.83 ± 4.0722.35 ± 6.23#16.49 ± 4.1318.15 ± 4.649.547<0.001
Verbal fluency0.95 ± 0.245.69 ± 1.34#0.89 ± 0.233.12 ± 0.87#11.6190.005
Naming1.21 ± 0.315.26 ± 1.31#1.23 ± 0.363.39 ± 0.92#8.5390.003
Abstraction0.83 ± 0.251.96 ± 0.42#0.82 ± 0.241.09 ± 0.386.2470.031
Attention2.97 ± 0.635.89 ± 1.27#3.04 ± 0.614.12 ± 1.0316.3940.015
Delayed recall0.97 ± 0.334.15 ± 0.82#0.93 ± 0.311.25 ± 0.497.1320.001
Orientation score2.46 ± 0.425.26 ± 0.91#2.44 ± 0.393.51 ± 0.468.4290.035
Visuoconstructional skills1.77 ± 0.465.38 ± 1.29#1.81 ± 0.462.41 ± 0.5913.762<0.001

Note. #Comparison between groups.