Table 2.
TS | TS+ADHD | ADHD | Controls | Analysis | |||||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F | p | Significant Post Hoc Bonferroni Comparisons |
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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;
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.