Table 1.

Comparison between children affected by developmental dyslexia (DD group) and typically developing children (control group) for total intelligence quotient (TIQ) and word and nonword reading and writing test

	DD, mean ± SD (N = 28)	Control, mean ± SD (N = 51)	P
TIQ	101.37 ± 8.32	102.84 ± 7.93	0.441
Word reading	2.018 ± 1.714	0.917 ± 0.563	<0.001
Non-word reading	2.537 ± 1.543	0.862 ± 0.244	<0.001
Word writing	1.114 ± 0.832	1.079 ± 0.427	0.805
Non-word writing	1.189 ± 0.276	1.062 ± 0.528	0.240

Notes: Student’s t-test was performed; P-values ≤ 0.05 were considered statistically significant.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.