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Table 3 Prevalence rates of individual neurological soft signs items

From: Neurological abnormalities and neurocognitive functions in healthy elder people: A structural equation modeling analysis

Item

Male

(N = 86)

Female

(N = 94)

  
 

No.

%

No.

%

chi-square

Fisher's Exact p

Finger-thumb tapping L

1

1.16%

2

2.13%

0.255

1.000

Finger-thumb tapping R

1

1.16%

0

0.00%

1.099

0.478

Finger-thumb opposition L

13

15.12%

21

22.34%

1.530

0.255

Finger-thumb opposition R

19

22.09%

19

20.21%

0.095

0.855

Mirror 1 L

14

16.28%

20

21.28%

0.732

0.448

Mirror 1 R

21

24.42%

19

20.21%

0.460

0.591

Diadochokinesia L

10

11.63%

8

8.51%

0.485

0.620

Diadochokinesia R

9

10.47%

4

4.26%

2.585

0.150

Mirror 2 L

8

9.30%

15

15.96%

1.785

0.264

Mirror 2 R

3

3.49%

10

10.64%

3.426

0.085

Fist-edge palm L

45

52.33%

46

48.94%

0.206

0.658

Fist-edge palm R

34

39.53%

41

43.62%

0.308

0.650

Oszeretsky test

40

46.51%

45

47.87%

0.033

0.882

Extinction

2

2.33%

5

5.32%

1.077

0.447

Finger Agnosia L

45

52.33%

54

57.45%

0.476

0.549

Finger Agnosia R

33

38.37%

43

45.74%

1.001

0.366

Stereognosia L

7

8.14%

4

4.26%

1.181

0.365

Stereognosia R

3

3.49%

6

6.38%

0.792

0.051

Graphesthesia L

18

20.93%

30

31.91%

2.771

0.129

Graphesthesia R

26

30.23%

43

45.74%

4.572

0.046

L-R Orientation

25

29.07%

27

28.72%

0.003

1.000

Saccade BLK

5

5.81%

9

9.57%

0.885

0.412

Saccade Head

36

41.86%

31

32.98%

1.516

0.280

Wink

30

34.88%

41

43.62%

1.434

0.285

Go/No-Go

28

32.56%

44

46.81%

3.800

0.067