Table 1.
Demographic and Neuropsychological Measures. Means and SDs (in brackets) are displayed. Significant differences p < 0.05 between groups (uncorrected for multiple comparisons) are indicated by *. A superscript M next to a variable’s name indicates it was used for propensity score matching.
Unmatched (Full Sample) | Matched Sample | |||||||||
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BL (N = 31) | ML (N = 30) | BL (N = 23) | ML (N = 23) | |||||||
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M | SD | M | SD | p | M | SD | M | SD | p | |
Demographics | ||||||||||
AgeM | 74.00 | 4.10 | 75.43 | 3.93 | 0.20 | 74.09 | 4.28 | 74.43 | 2.95 | 0.75 |
EducationM | 3.96 | 0.87 | 3.83 | 1.02 | 0.58 | 4.13 | 0.76 | 3.96 | 0.98 | 0.50 |
MMSEM | 29.42 | 0.72 | 29.17 | 0.99 | 0.26 | 29.43 | 0.66 | 29.26 | 0.86 | 0.45 |
Gender (n Males)M | 8 | 11 | 0.46 | 8 | 6 | 0.53 | ||||
LSBQ Scores | ||||||||||
English Speaking | 9.23 | 1.02 | 9.55 | 0.59 | 0.13 | 9.39 | 0.99 | 9.46 | 1.02 | 0.79 |
English Understanding | 9.27 | 0.99 | 9.62 | 0.58 | 0.11 | 9.37 | 1.07 | 9.54 | 0.99 | 0.50 |
Second Language Speaking | 7.84 | 1.71 | 1.28 | 1.39 | 0.00* | 7.61 | 1.76 | 1.21 | 1.71 | 0.00* |
Second Language Understanding | 8.16 | 1.80 | 1.78005 | 1.78 | 0.00* | 7.89 | 1.86 | 1.81 | 1.80 | 0.00* |
Age Learned L2 | 3.03 | 4.88 | 8.75 | 6.21 | 0.00* | 2.41 | 4.50 | 8.69 | 6.10 | 0.00* |
Proportion of participants who did not use L2 for an extended period of time | 35.48% | 48.64% | 90.00% | 30.78% | 0.00* | 27.27% | 45.58% | 87.50% | 34.16% | 0.00* |
For participants not using a second language, for how long was this (in years)? | 12.82 | 12.98 | 64.31 | 16.13 | 0.00* | 8.83 | 4.12 | 60.86 | 17.94 | 0.00* |
Shipley | ||||||||||
VerbalM | 106.20 | 10.55 | 111.27 | 5.53 | 0.02* | 109.52 | 6.27 | 110.22 | 5.74 | 0.70 |
BlocksM | 101.90 | 12.10 | 110.00 | 13.73 | 0.02* | 102.91 | 13.58 | 106.91 | 11.02 | 0.28 |
Composite | 105.20 | 9.27 | 112.20 | 9.91 | 0.01* | 107.78 | 8.01 | 109.87 | 8.37 | 0.39 |
Trail Making Task | ||||||||||
Number Sequencing | 11.29 | 3.47 | 13.00 | 2.03 | 0.02* | 11.61 | 3.24 | 12.87 | 2.24 | 0.13 |
Letter Number SwitchingM | 10.74 | 3.46 | 12.53 | 1.89 | 0.02* | 10.48 | 3.89 | 12.43 | 2.04 | 0.04* |
Switching errors | 11.12 | 1.80 | 11.67 | 0.66 | 0.12 | 11.04 | 2.01 | 11.70 | 0.70 | 0.15 |
Verbal Fluency Task | ||||||||||
Letter Fluency | 12.52 | 3.27 | 12.93 | 2.98 | 0.61 | 12.65 | 3.52 | 12.65 | 2.89 | 1.00 |
Category Fluency | 10.65 | 3.65 | 12.53 | 3.88 | 0.05* | 11.39 | 3.55 | 12.17 | 3.71 | 0.47 |
Category switching (total correct) | 10.03 | 2.94 | 11.87 | 3.31 | 0.03* | 10.30 | 2.95 | 11.43 | 3.38 | 0.23 |
Category switching (total switching accuracy) | 10.74 | 2.73 | 12.00 | 2.77 | 0.08 | 11.13 | 2.70 | 11.70 | 2.88 | 0.50 |
Percent set-loss errors | 11.58 | 1.57 | 11.30 | 1.82 | 0.52 | 11.17 | 1.61 | 11.04 | 1.94 | 0.81 |
Percent repetition errors | 9.65 | 2.65 | 10.90 | 1.81 | 0.04* | 9.78 | 2.66 | 10.87 | 1.84 | 0.11 |
Percent switching accuracy | 12.65 | 0.66 | 12.93 | 0.25 | 0.03* | 12.57 | 0.73 | 12.91 | 0.29 | 0.04* |
Stroop Task | ||||||||||
Color naming | 9.87 | 2.53 | 11.07 | 2.18 | 0.05* | 10.17 | 2.61 | 11.09 | 2.17 | 0.20 |
Word reading | 10.71 | 2.88 | 11.07 | 2.27 | 0.59 | 11.17 | 2.27 | 10.96 | 2.38 | 0.75 |
Inhibition | 13.32 | 10.71 | 12.20 | 2.38 | 0.58 | 11.57 | 2.15 | 12.00 | 2.49 | 0.53 |
Inhibition/switching | 11.29 | 2.84 | 12.00 | 2.44 | 0.30 | 11.74 | 2.73 | 11.87 | 2.51 | 0.87 |
Inibition/Switching vs. inhibition | 9.81 | 2.50 | 9.83 | 2.55 | 0.97 | 10.13 | 2.18 | 9.91 | 2.73 | 0.77 |
Inhibition errors | 11.94 | 1.26 | 11.83 | 1.98 | 0.81 | 12.04 | 1.11 | 11.70 | 2.18 | 0.50 |
Inhibition/Switching errors | 11.23 | 1.87 | 11.17 | 2.12 | 0.91 | 11.43 | 1.67 | 11.17 | 2.06 | 0.64 |