Table 6.
Comparison of mean scores on CANTAB tests for children in other studies in Malawi and the UK with those of SAM survivors in the present study (aged 6–8 years only)
| CANTAB outcome | Malawian children aged 6–8 years(18) (n 111) | UK schoolchildren aged 6–8 years(28) (n 198) | Malawian children aged 6–8 years, present study | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAM survivors (n 35) | Controls (n 29) | |||||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| MOT mean errors | N/A | 22·0 | 17·0 | 9·45 | 2·4 | 11·1 | 2·8 | |
| MOT mean latency | N/A | 873·7 | 188·0 | 1431·5 | 605·9 | 1242·5 | 465·3 | |
| PAL total errors (adjusted) | 74·8 | 17·9 | N/A | 117·1 | 77·8 | 99·0 | 82·8 | |
| PRM % correct | N/A | 83 | 10·7 | 59·2 | 14·7 | 68·6 | 17·2 | |
| IED total errors (adjusted) | 157 | 69·9 | N/A | 99·6 | 82·5 | 67·5 | 58·8 | |
| IED stage completed | 3·4 | 3·2 | 7·66 | 2·1 | 5·6 | 3·7 | 6·8 | 3·0 |
CANTAB, Cambridge Neuropsychological Testing Automated Battery; SAM, severe acute malnutrition; MOT, Motor Screening Test; PAL, Paired Associated Learning; PRM, Pattern Recognition Memory; IED, Intra/Extradimensional Set Shift; N/A, results were not presented for these test outcomes.