Table 1.
Participant Descriptive Data
| Variable | Dyslexia | Dyslexia/ADHD | ADHD | Controls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age (years) | 10.28 | 1.35 | 9.54 | 0.89 | 9.44 | 1.05 | 9.90 | 1.06 |
| Edinburgh | 95.00 | 5.27 | 80.00 | 28.36 | 86.54 | 25.93 | 86.43 | 33.75 |
| WISC-III | ||||||||
| Full-Scale IQ | 99.80 | 12.51 | 105.31 | 17.41 | 104.92 | 15.15 | 111.90 | 12.26 |
| Verbal IQa | 97.80 | 11.70 | 103.84 | 19.88 | 106.38 | 13.16 | 117.40 | 15.94 |
| Verbal Comprehension Indexa | 100.10 | 11.86 | 104.31 | 20.67 | 108.23 | 14.02 | 116.60 | 15.43 |
| Freedom from Distractibility Indexb | 88.40 | 10.81 | 96.62 | 15.42 | 97.46 | 11.52 | 113.60 | 14.50 |
| Performance IQ | 102.50 | 13.47 | 106.23 | 14.31 | 102.84 | 16.83 | 103.60 | 9.31 |
| Perceptual Organization Index | 106.60 | 13.78 | 108.15 | 16.23 | 104.00 | 18.44 | 102.50 | 7.26 |
| Processing Speed Index | 93.60 | 14.69 | 96.83 | 9.17 | 96.31 | 12.30 | 108.11 | 14.80 |
| WRAT-3 | ||||||||
| Readingc | 79.00 | 12.16 | 81.77 | 9.04 | 101.54 | 11.69 | 111.00 | 15.62 |
| Spellingc | 81.56 | 11.33 | 85.31 | 7.26 | 95.15 | 8.40 | 107.10 | 13.30 |
| Arithmeticc | 86.56 | 11.40 | 92.23 | 11.68 | 100.92 | 12.01 | 105.70 | 7.66 |
| WRMT-R | ||||||||
| Word Attackc | 77.90 | 13.33 | 82.00 | 7.69 | 99.38 | 11.86 | 106.70 | 17.47 |
| Passage Comprehensionc | 75.30 | 14.52 | 82.54 | 9.73 | 93.62 | 11.07 | 108.60 | 12.82 |
| CBCL | ||||||||
| Parent form Attention Problemsd | 55.90 | 6.35 | 68.00 | 6.63 | 69.85 | 6.80 | 53.14 | 5.84 |
| Teacher form Attention Problemse | 60.30 | 9.09 | 69.91 | 13.41 | 69.00 | 11.83 | 56.14 | 7.88 |
Note. Edinburgh is measured in percent of tasks performed with the right hand. CBCL is in T-scores, and the rest of the measures are in standard scores.
Those with and without dyslexia differed at p ≤ .05.
Those with and without dyslexia differed at p = .01.
Those with and without dyslexia differed at p < .001.
Those with and without ADHD differed at p < .001.
Those with and without ADHD differed at p < .01.