Clinical manifestations of anxiety and depression in sepsis-associated encephalopathy and multi-omics identification of cluster of differentiation 38 as an early biomarker

Table 5 Comparison of cognitive function between the sepsis and sepsis-associated encephalopathy groups (Montreal Cognitive Assessment), mean ± SD

	Sepsis-no encephalopathy (n = 29)	Sepsis-associated encephalopathy (n = 29)	P value
Cognitive function score (MoCA)	24.5 ± 3.2	18.5 ± 4.0	0.007
Memory	2.0 ± 0.7	1.2 ± 0.5	0.010
Attention	2.1 ± 0.8	1.5 ± 0.6	0.017
Language ability	2.3 ± 0.6	1.8 ± 0.7	0.025
Visuospatial ability	3.0 ± 0.5	2.3 ± 0.6	0.004

MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment.