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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Nov;49(11):1155–1164.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.08.008

Table 2.

Neuropsychological performance of children with Tourette Syndrome (TS), children with TS plus Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), children with ADHD, and Unaffected Control Subjects

TS TS+ADHD ADHD Controls Analysis
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD F p Significant Post Hoc
Bonferroni Comparisons
Conners’ CPT
 Errors of omission (%) 4.55 3.70 6.78 6.28 5.79 6.32 3.15 3.82 F(3, 208)=5.08 .002 TS+ADHD = ADHD < NC
 Errors of commission (%) 53.35 22.65 55.90 22.46 58.38 18.73 49.74 18.57 F(3, 208)=1.90 .131
 Reaction time (ms) 414.55 76.61 423.12 88.45 429.50 102.58 405.68 83.58 F(3, 208)=0.80 .497
 RT variability (SE) 11.76 5.90 13.81 6.50 15.02 8.57 10.13 5.92 F(3, 208)=5.80 .001 TS+ADHD = ADHD < NC
Stroop
 Golden Interference Score 168.57 77.25 171.63 75.57 180.41 77.11 140.91 62.34 F(3, 221)=3.90 .01 ADHD < NC
Purdue
 Dominant raw scorea 13.55 2.21 13.47 1.90 13.10 1.97 14.54 1.67 F(3, 231)=6.73 .000 ADHD<NC
 Nondominant raw score 12.53 1.89 12.64 1.97 12.19 2.24 13.27 1.64 F(3, 231)=3.62 .014 ADHD<NC
 Bimanual raw score 10.35 1.69 10.37 1.75 10.09 1.61 11.20 1.51 F(3, 231)=5.88 .001 ADHD<NC
VMI
 Beery Standard Score 100.44 15.59 92.89 14.26 88.65 14.21 98.63 14.81 F(3, 224)=7.96 .000 ADHD < NC = TS

Note: ADHD =Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; CPT=Continuous Performance Test; NC=Normal Controls; RT=reaction time; SE=standard error; TS=Tourette Syndrome; VMI=Beery Visual Motor Integration Test;

a

Significant diagnosis by gender interaction effect F(1,120)=4.12, p<0.05 revealed that boys but not girls with TS-only were impaired in their dominant hand Purdue performance.