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. 2009 Aug;195(2):138–141. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.056812

Table 1.

Univariate logistic regression of neuropsychological tests scores at age 13 on diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) at age 32a

Variable No OCD, mean (s.d.) (n = 687) OCD, mean (s.d.) (n = 13) No OCD v. OCD, OR (95% CI)b
WISC–R factors, z-score
   Perceptual organisation 0.02 (0.96) –0.73 (1.12) 0.4 (0.25–0.76)**
   Freedom from distractibility –0.03 (0.98) 0.07 (1.03) 1.1 (0.62–2.03)
   Verbal comprehension
–0.01 (0.96)
–0.15 (1.31)
0.8 (0.45–1.49)
Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, z-score
   Copy, 0.05 (0.90) –0.77 (1.26) 0.6 (0.40–0.82)**
   Delayed recall
0.03 (1.00)
–0.88 (0.68)
0.4 (0.24–0.71)**
Rey Auditory –Verbal Learning Test, z-score
   Trials 1–4 0.00 (1.00) –0.22 (1.18) 0.8 (0.47–1.37)
   Post interference test 0.01 (1.00) –0.44 (1.20) 0.7 (0.39–1.09)
   Delayed recall
0.02 (0.99)
–0.32 (1.23)
0.7 (0.41–1.22)
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, z-score
   Total errors –0.01 (1.00) 0.49 (1.02) 1.6 (0.94–2.63)
   Perseverative errors
0.00 (1.00)
0.05 (1.21)
1.1 (0.62–1.80)
Trail Making Test (TMT) A and B, z-score
   TMT B, s 0.00 (1.02) 0.15 (0.86) 1.1 (0.77–1.58)
   TMT B–A, s
0.00 (1.02)
0.15 (1.01)
1.1 (0.61–1.11)
Grooved Pegboard Test, z-score
   Right hand –0.02 (1.00) 0.93 (2.00) 1.5 (1.11–1.94)**
   Left hand
–0.02 (0.95)
0.59 (1.15)
1.6 (1.08–2.45)*
WISC–R Mazes, z-score
0.04 (0.95)
–0.51 (1.14)
0.6 (0.38–0.97)*
Verbal Fluency Controlled Oral Word Association Test, z-score 0.00 (1.00) –0.20 (1.00) 0.8 (0.45–1.44)

WISC–R, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Revised

a.

n varies slightly for some risk factors owing to missing data

b.

Adjusted for gender and socioeconomic status

*

P<0.05

**

P<0.01