Table 1

Patient description



Neglect
Control

Number

28
22
Sex
Female/male
17/11
9/13
Age
Years, mean
66.3 (39–83)
69 (47–88)
Aetiology

19 infarction
17 infarction


9 haemorrhage
5 haemorrhage
Time lesion-exam
Days, mean
57.5 (17–195)
74.1 (15–387)
Time lesion-scan
Days, mean
46.5 (3–478)
50 (1–470)
Contralateral paresis
N (percent)
25 (89.3%)
17 (77.3%)
Lesion volume
ccm3
105 (9–235)
38.9 (1–135)
Visual field defect
N (percent)
5 (17.9%)
1 (4.6%)
Bells test
Left omissions
11.5 (2–15)
0.9 (0–4)

Right omissions
3 (0–9)
0.5 (0–3)
Line bisection
% right deviation
11.9 (-1–33)
2.3 (-1–13)
Drawing neglect
Mean
0.8 (0–2)
2 (2-2)

Demographic and clinical description of the neglect and control patients (range or percentage values indicated in parentheses).

Golay et al. Behavioral and Brain Functions 2008 4:43   doi:10.1186/1744-9081-4-43