Table 2.
Description and comparisons of the group performance on the RCFT.
| NF1 mean (SD) | S mean (SD) | TD mean (SD) | One-way ANOVA | One-way ANOVA controlling for strategy | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | p value∗ | Post hoc tests§
NF1 < S |
Post hoc tests NF1 < TD |
F | p value | Post hoc tests NF1 < S |
Post hoc tests NF1 < TD |
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| RCFT (z-score) | |||||||||||
| Copy | -1.90 (1.89) | -0.32 (0.95) | -0.38 (1.41) | 6.563 | 0.003 | p = 0.008 | p = 0.010 | 3.176 | 0.050 | p = 0.048 | p = 0.306 |
| Immediate recall | -1.53 (0.96) | -0.41 (1.10) | -0.28 (1.06) | 7.848 | 0.001 | p = 0.007 | p = 0.002 | 3.869 | 0.028 | p = 0.040 | p = 0.078 |
| Delay recall | -1.63 (0.88) | -0.35 (1.10) | -0.37 (0.81) | 8.619 | 0.001 | p = 0.001 | p = 0.005 | 4.975 | 0.011 | p = 0.009 | p = 0.169 |
| Recognition | -0.18 (0.96) | -0.31 (1.10) | 0.05 (1.45) | 0.402 | 0.671 | n.s. | n.s. | 0.388 | 0.680 | n.s. | n.s. |
Legend. NF1: neurofibromatosis type 1; S: siblings; TD: typically developing children; RCFT: Rey Complex Figure Test. ∗ p values of 0.05 or lower are considered significant. §Post hoc Bonferroni correction.