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. 2017 Dec 9;27(7):899–908. doi: 10.1007/s00787-017-1089-5

Table 3.

Effect size of diagnostic group in un/adjusted tests of group means and sensitivity analyses

Co-variation analyses Sensitivity analyses
Unadjusted group differences Adjusted for IQ, age, sex Adjusted for ADHD, IQ, age, sex Adjusted for conduct problems, IQ, age, sex Exclude IQ < 70 Exclude those in ASD over ADHD cut-off Post hoc contrasts of adjusted group means (adjusted for IQ, age, sex)
Effect size as indicated by partial η2
 Go/NoGo: probability of inhibition 0.23** 0.21** 0.21** 0.21** 0.19** 0.17** ASD < CD/ODD**, ADHD**, TD**
 Switch: reaction time cost 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.04 0.04
 Switch: error cost 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02
 Go/NoGo: ICV 0.15** 0.10** 0.05 0.08* 0.13** 0.13** TD < ADHD*, ODD/CD*, ASD**
Switch: ICV 0.12** 0.09** 0.04 0.02 0.13** 0.13** TD < ADHD*, ODD/CD**
Effect size as indicated by w
 Go/NoGo: premature responses 0.36** 0.31** 0.27* 0.30** 0.33** 0.32** ODD/CD > TD^
ASD > TD**
 Switch: premature responses 0.26* 0.23 0.17 0.21 0.26* 0.27*

ICV intra-individual coefficient of variability

** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, ^ p = 0.06; for partial η 2, 0.1 = small, 0.6 = medium, 0.14 = large effect; for w, 0.1 = small, 0.3 = medium, 0.5 = large effect [40]