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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 14.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2009 Sep 29;1303:111–119. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.091

Table 2.

Reading and executive function characteristics. Mean (standard error) for Woodcock-Johnson III Word Attack and Letter-Word Identification and Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing Phoneme Reversal and Rapid Naming Composite tested during adolescence, and Continuous Performance Task Inattention scale tested during childhood. Significant differences between groups are indicated.

Word Attack Poor Average Good All Groups
Full-Term 87.3 (2.6) 99.0 (3.2) 105.5 (9.5) 95.9 (3.2)
Low Risk 81.5 (4.8) 103.5 (11.5) 108.5 (6.2) 96.7 (5.6)
High Risk 91.3 (7.2) 97.8 (4.4) 106.7 (4.8) 98.5 (3.4)
All Birth Groups 87.3 (2.7) 99.4 (2.9)* 107.2 (3.3)* 97.0 (2.2)

Letter-Word ID Poor Average Good All Groups
Full-term 93.8 (2.8) 97.6 (5.3) 104.0 (9.0) 97.6 (2.7)
Low Risk 84.5 (6.4) 112.5 (8.5) 103.0 (4.0) 97.8 (5.1)
High Risk 84.7 (5.2) 96.8 (4.4) 109.7 (6.9) 97.0 (4.8)
All Birth Groups 89.8 (3.3) 99.0 (4.3) 105.4 (3.2) * 97.3 (2.3)

Phoneme Reversal Poor Average Good All Groups
Full-Term 5.5 (.9) 9.6 (1.5) 9.5 (2.5) 8.2 (.6)
Low Risk 4.8 (1.3) 8.5 (2.5) 10.5 (.9) 7.8 (1.2)
High Risk 6.3 (.9) 8.3 (.8) 11.3 (.9) 8.6 (.8)
All Birth Groups 5.8 (.6) 8.9 (.9)* 10.6 (.7)* 8.2 (.5)

Rapid Naming Poor Average Good All Groups
Full-term 89.5 (2.6) 93.4 (5.8) 91.0 (3.0) 91.9 (2.9)
Low Risk 90.3 (9.9) 101.5 (22.5) 99.3 (8.1) 94.3 (6.1)
High Risk 83.0 (15.5) 94.0 (6.8) 103.0 (3.0) 93.4 (5.4)
All Birth Groups 88.5 (4.6) 95.2 (5.1) 98.7 (3.8) 93.6 (2.7)

Inattention Poor Average Good All Groups
Full-term 5.6 (2.4) 5.7 (1.6) 2.0 (.5) 5.0 (1.2)
Low Risk 6.4 (2.6) 3.3 (2.3) 7.2 (1.9) 6.1 (1.3)
High Risk 15.9 (0.8) 4.5 (1.6)* 2.8 (1.1)* 7.4 (2.0)
All Birth Groups 8.5 (1.8) 4.8 (1.0) 4.6 (1.2) 6.1 (0.9)
*

Significantly different (p<=0.01) than poor readers