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. 2012 Sep 6;7(9):e43909. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043909

Table 6. Standardized Working Memory Scores (Recall of Digits Forward and Backward), means (sd).

Baseline T Score (sd) Post-Intervention T Score (sd) Change Scores, T Score (sd)
Active Placebo P Active Placebo P Active Placebo P
RECALL OF DIGITS FORWARD
All randomized (n = 362) 41.0 (8.2) 40.0 (7.7) 0.174 42.6 (8.4) 41.2 (7.7) 0.037 1.6 (6.2) 1.2 (5.7) 0.419
Reading ≤20th Centile (n = 224) 39.8 (8.0) 39.9 (8.6) 0.812 41.9 (8.5) 40.5 (8.0) 0.104 2.0(6.8) 0.7 (5.6) 0.069
Reading ≤10th Centile (n = 105) 39.4 (7.3) 39.1 (9.9) 0.607 41.9 (8.0) 40.2 (9.3) 0.132 2.5 (7.2) 1.1 (6.0) 0.247
RECALL OF DIGITS BACKWARD
All randomized(n = 362) 44.0 (6.4) 44.0 (7.1) 0.767 44.3 (7.1) 43.7 (7.0) 0.621 0.4 (7.3) −0.3 (7.4) 0.204
Reading ≤20th Centile (n = 224) 43.7 (6.1) 43.5 (7.5) 0.841 44.3 (7.0) 42.8 (7.7) 0.396 0.6 (6.8) −0.7 (7.3) 0.173
Reading ≤10th Centile (n = 105) 42.9 (5.0) 43.2 (7.2) 0.837 44.0 (7.5) 42.3 (8.6) 0.473 1.0 (6.5) −0.9 (8.2) 0.187

T scores have a mean of 50, sd = 10 and are derived from the British Ability Scales II.13.