Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on electroencephalogram and memory function in patients with mild cognitive impairment

Table 2 Changes in memory quotient and memory scores in both groups

		Memory quotient	Long-term memory	Short-term memory	Immediate memory
Before treatment	Control group (n = 82)	75.41 ± 11.83	19.74 ± 6.92	26.95 ± 10.52	4.59 ± 1.78
	Research group (n = 98)	75.66 ± 10.01	19.51 ± 6.79	27.63 ± 8.32	4.60 ± 2.38
	t value	0.154	0.224	0.484	0.031
	P value	0.878	0.822	0.629	0.975
After treatment	Control group (n = 82)	75.51 ± 10.00	20.73 ± 6.13	28.27 ± 8.19	4.67 ± 2.09
	Research group (n = 98)	86.53 ± 9.34a	23.62 ± 5.52a	33.93 ± 9.06a	5.12 ± 1.85
	t value	7.633	3.326	4.359	1.596
	P value	< 0.0001	0.001	< 0.0001	0.112
Net increase	Control group (n = 82)	0.13 ± 11.96	0.99 ± 9.27	0.63 ± 9.25	0.09 ± 2.84
	Research group (n = 98)	10.87 ± 7.53	4.11 ± 8.03	5.09 ± 11.77	0.52 ± 2.68
	t value	7.324	2.419	2.786	1.043
	P value	< 0.0001	0.017	0.005	0.298

^aP < 0.05 vs research group before treatment using t-test.