Table 2.
Descriptive Overview of Cognitive Performance, Separately for Those with and without Minor Beta-Thalassemia and for Males and Females
| Groups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Beta-Thalassemia | Healthy Controls | |||
| Females | Males | Females | Males | |
| N | 14 | 11 | 18 | 7 |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| WCST | ||||
| Classification | 2.36 (2.02) | 1.36 (1.12) | 2.39 (2.40) | 2.00 (1.63) |
| Perseveration | 9.93 (7.33) | 9.09 (9.63) | 10.28 (7.03) | 10.86 (6.04) |
| Conceptual | 2.07 (2.70) | 2.00 (2.72) | 2.33 (3.01) | 1.86 (2.85) |
| PASAT | ||||
| 3 seconds | 35.93 (15.61) | 39.45 (11.26) | 36.89 (12.79) | 39.57 (11.72) |
| 2 seconds | 25.5 (11.27) | 31.36 (9.04) | 28.00 (11.86) | 25.86 (12.27) |
| WAIS | ||||
| Coding | 55.36 (14.87) | 44.55 (15.74) | 54.22 (15.31) | 44.43 (6.32) |
| Forward | 5.14 (2.28) | 6.09 (2.91) | 4.39 (2.00) | 4.28 (1.80) |
| Backward | 6.29 (1.90) | 6.18 (2.40) | 7.70 (2.78) | 7.57 (1.99) |
Notes: WCST = Wisconsin Card Sort Test; PASAT = Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test; WAIS = Wechsler Adult Intelligence