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. 2020 Feb 3;10:53. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0736-7

Table 1.

Differences in cognitive performance between individuals with 22q11.2DS and typically developing controls for the three developmental stages.

Child Adolescent Adult
22q11.2DS Control 22q11.2DS Control 22q11.2DS Control
n Mean (sd) n Mean (sd) F (df) p Effect size; ηp2 n Mean (sd) n Mean (sd) F (df) p Effect size; ηp2 n Mean (sd) n Mean (sd) t (df) p Effect size; Cohen’s d
Neurocognitive z-scores
 Processing speed 55 −0.64 (2.19) 22 0.58 (0.77) 11.74 (1,11) 0.006 0.08 60 0.02 (1.66) 34 0.55 (0.75) 4.3 (1,14) 0.057 0.03 99 0.49 (1.44) 48 1.02 (0.45) 3.32 (130.48) 0.001 0.43
 Sustained attention 49 −2.93 (2.36) 20 −0.68 (1.20) 57.5 (1,10) <0.001 0.20 56 −1.77 (4.24) 34 −0.08 (1.22) 53.62 (1,14) <0.001 0.05 86 −1.70 (1.12) 48 0.52 (0.81) 13.17 (123.79) <0.001 2.16
 Working memory 60 −0.89 (1.02) 23 0.21 (0.88) 40.22 (1,12) <0.001 0.20 65 −1.21 (0.84) 36 −0.50 (1.03) 19.51 (1,16) <0.001 0.13 106 −0.41 (0.89) 48 1.20 (0.32) 16.45 (146.53) <0.001 2.12
IQ test scores
 Full-scale IQ 58 79.71 (10.05) 22 114.50 (16.29) 135.38 (1,11) <0.001 0.63 65 72.90 (13.35) 35 104.49 (11.45) 326.11 (1,15) <0.001 0.59 104 73.47 (11.98) 48 111.42 (16.87) 14.04 (69.72) <0.001 2.77
 Verbal IQ 58 81.40 (12.33) 22 116.05 (14.00) 195.88 (1,11) <0.001 0.6 65 74.71 (13.80) 35 104.09 (10.26) 281.31 (1,15) <0.001 0.56 102 72.97 (14.53) 48 108.10 (16.67) 13.17 (148) <0.001 2.3
 Performance IQ 60 81.52 (9.29) 22 109.73 (17.52) 70.79 (1,11) <0.001 0.53 65 75.12 (13.06) 35 104.17 (14.17) 256.53 (1,15) <0.001 0.52 102 72.26 (15.68) 48 110.08 (21.65) 10.84 (71.04) <0.001 2.13

p values that are statistically significant are shown in bold.