TABLE 5.
Mean cognitive scores by group at pretest (baseline) and posttest
| Choline |
Placebo |
Analyses, P |
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| n | Mean ± SD | Cohen’s d | n | Mean ± SD | Cohen’s d | Main effect of group | Main effect of time | Interaction | |
| Paired Associates Learning | −0.17 | −0.23 | 0.78 | 0.02 | 0.73 | ||||
| Pretest | 29 | 37.7 ± 49.95 | 26 | 36.6 ± 53.14 | |||||
| Posttest | 28 | 29.3 ± 48.64 | 23 | 26.0 ± 38.59 | |||||
| Design Fluency | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.31 | ||||
| Pretest | 29 | 16.1 ± 7.99 | 24 | 15.9 ± 7.71 | |||||
| Posttest | 28 | 18.5 ± 9.36 | 22 | 17.5 ± 7.68 | |||||
| Spatial Working Memory total errors | −0.14 | −0.37 | 0.99 | 0.01 | 0.31 | ||||
| Pretest | 29 | 59.6 ± 12.99 | 26 | 62.0 ± 18.81 | |||||
| Posttest | 28 | 57.5 ± 15.87 | 23 | 54.7 ± 20.84 | |||||
| Spatial Working Memory strategy | 0.36 | −0.08 | 0.20 | 0.59 | 0.32 | ||||
| Pretest | 29 | 37.4 ± 2.62 | 26 | 37.2 ± 3.56 | |||||
| Posttest | 28 | 38.4 ± 2.86 | 23 | 36.9 ± 4.13 | |||||
| Quotient ADHD1 Accuracy | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.24 | 0.97 | 0.72 | ||||
| Pretest | 27 | 64.8 ± 12.60 | 22 | 70.3 ± 12.69 | |||||
| Posttest | 23 | 65.7 ± 11.71 | 20 | 70.9 ± 12.93 | |||||
| Grooved Pegboard | −0.21 | −0.41 | 0.75 | 0.01 | 0.92 | ||||
| Pretest | 29 | 0.90 ± 1.52 | 25 | 1.1 ± 2.14 | |||||
| Posttest | 27 | 0.57 ± 1.66 | 22 | 0.37 ± 1.30 | |||||
ADHD, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.