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. 2013 Jun 12;33(24):10098–10109. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5004-12.2013

Table 2.

Cognitive testing in FASD group showing below average standard scores (age normalized) on most tests, but no significant differences in standard scores between longitudinal scans

Cognitive test Subtest/domain Scan N (17) Mean standard score ±SD Standard score range One sample t test p valuea
Working memory test battery for children Digit recall 1 16 86 ± 13 60–111 0.001
2 17 88 ± 14 52–117 0.002
Block recall 1 16 83 ± 16 57–108 0.001
2 17 83 ± 15 59–110 <0.001
Woodcock Johnson Quantitative Concepts 18A&B (mathematics) 1 16 90 ± 16 62–115 0.019
2 15 90 ± 10 70–107 0.002
Comprehensive receptive and expressive vocabulary test (CREVT) Receptive 1 16 91 ± 7 75–102 <0.001
2 16 92 ± 8 74–102 0.001
Expressive 1 16 84 ± 16 63–112 0.001
2 16 82 ± 14 57–107 <0.001
Composite 1 16 85 ± 11 68–106 <0.001
2 16 84 ± 12 62–102 <0.001
Woodcock reading mastery test-revised Word ID 1 17 93 ± 10 75–109 0.011
2 17 92 ± 17 52–134 0.083
NEPSY I/II Arrows (visuospatial ability) 1 12 7.9 ± 2.9 2–12 0.030
2 15 10.2 ± 2.8 5–15 0.787
Auditory attention (sustained attention) 1 14 5.3 ± 4.0 1–13 0.001
2 14 7.4 ± 3.2 1–12 0.010
Response set (set shifting) 1 11 6.1 ± 3.7 2–14 0.005
2 14 8.6 ± 3.0 1–13 0.109
Auditory attention vs response set 1 11 7.5 ± 3.3 4–13 0.030
2 14 9.4 ± 3.0 2–13 0.434
Memory for names 1 12 8.3 ± 3.8 3–15 0.134
2 14 6.9 ± 2.9 3–12 0.001
Behavior rating scale of executive function (BRIEF) parent form Behavioral regulation index 1 15 75 ± 13 40–94 <0.001
2 16 79 ± 12 50–97 <0.001
Metacognition index 1 15 71 ± 7 53–81 <0.001
2 16 72 ± 7 55–84 <0.001
Global executive composite 1 15 74 ± 9 48–83 <0.001
2 16 76 ± 9 53–92 <0.001
Wide range intelligence test (WRIT) Verbal IQ 2b 9 94 ± 14 75–118 0.255
Visual IQ 2b 9 103 ± 15 78–122 0.572
General IQ 2b 9 99 ± 15 75–116 0.789

aPopulation norm mean standard scores used as test value for one-sample t test; 100 for all tests except NEPSY I/II (mean scaled score = 10), and BRIEF (mean T score = 50).

bThe WRIT was only collected at scan 2.