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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2014 Mar 13;55(6):685–710. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12217

Table 2.

Summary of studies included in the meta-analysis of diffusion model parameters in ADHD

Parameter Study N Control N ADHD ES (g) 95% CI Q I2
Drift rate Karalunas and Huang-Pollock (2013) 62 91 0.81 0.48–1.15
Karalunas et al. (2012a, Cohort #1) 50 164 0.40 0.08–0.72
Karalunas et al. (2012a, Cohort #2) 91 81 0.68 0.37–0.98
Metin et al. (2013) 48 65 0.96 0.57–1.35
Salum et al. (2013) 378 100 0.42 0.20–0.65
Overall effect 629 501 0.63 0.42–0.83 8.9 55.3
Boundary separation Karalunas and Huang-Pollock (2013) 62 91 0.21 −0.11 to 0.53
Karalunas et al. (2012a, Cohort #1) 50 164 0.21 −0.11 to 0.52
Karalunas et al. (2012a, Cohort #2) 91 81 −0.11 −0.41 to 0.19
Metin et al. (2013) 48 65 −0.09 −0.46 to 0.28
Mulder et al. (2010) 30 25 0.13 −0.40 to 0.66
Salum et al. (2013) 378 100 −0.25 −0.47 to −0.03
Overall effect 629 501 0.01 −0.19 to 0.16 8.7 42.3
Nondecision time Karalunas and Huang-Pollock (2013) 62 91 −0.37 −0.04 to −0.69
Karalunas et al. (2012a, Cohort #1) 50 164 −0.22 −0.54 to 0.09
Karalunas et al. (2012a, Cohort #2) 91 81 −0.19 −0.49 to 0.11
Metin et al. (2013) 48 65 −0.77 −1.55 to −0.39
Mulder et al. (2010) 30 25 0.01 −0.52 to 0.53
Salum et al. (2013) 378 100 −0.32 −0.54 to −0.10
Overall effect 629 501 −0.32 −0.48 to −0.15 7.9 37.1
SDRT Karalunas and Huang-Pollock (2013) 62 91 0.62 0.30 to 0.95
Karalunas et al. (2012a, Cohort #1) 50 164 0.53 0.21–0.85
Karalunas et al. (2012a, Cohort #2) 91 81 0.78 0.47–1.09
Overall effect 203 336 0.65 0.46–0.83 1.3 0

SDRT, standard deviation of reaction time; CI, confidence interval.