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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Trop Paediatr. 2008 Sep;28(3):217–226. doi: 10.1179/146532808X335679

TABLE 4. Levels of performance in reference population.

Age bands Descriptive
Mean (SD)
Superior
performance
>+3 SD
Accelerated
performance
+3 to +2 SD
Normal range
+2 to −2 SD
Moderate delay
−2 to −3 SD
Severe delay
<−3 SD
6–8 15.86 (2.97) 25 22 21–11 10 7
9–11 20.44 (2.50) 28 26 25–16 18 12
12–14 27.35 (4.56) 41 33 39–21 19 14
15–17 34.29 (5.64) 51 40 39–23 22 17
18–20 40.29 (3.09) 50 46 45–35 34 31
21–23 43.63 (2.68) 51 49 48–39 38 35
24–26 44.85 (3.84) 56 51 50–39 38 33
27–29 48.28 (4.95) 63 54 52–41 40 33
30–32 50.75 (4.95) 66 56 55–41 40 36
33–35 53.06 (4.55) 67 59 58–44 43 39