Efficacy of enhanced extracorporeal counterpulsation combined with atorvastatin in the treatment of cognitive impairment after stroke

Table 1 Comparison of Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment and activities of daily living scores between the two groups (mean ± SD, points)

Group	MMSE score		MoCA score		ADL score
	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Study group (n = 30)	20.63 ± 2.94	26.80 ± 2.59a	19.50 ± 2.84	26.77 ± 2.08a	45.00 ± 4.78	63.70 ± 6.25a
Control group (n = 30)	19.73 ± 3.10	24.97 ± 3.29a	19.70 ± 1.60	24.70 ± 2.42a	45.97 ± 4.62	57.40 ± 4.99a
P value	0.253	0.020	0.738	0.001	0.429	< 0.001
t value	1.154	2.400	0.336	3.545	0.797	4.314

^aP < 0.05, compared with the same group before treatment.

MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; ADL: Activities of daily living.