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. 2019 Aug 13;14(1):121–134. doi: 10.1111/jnp.12192

Table 2.

Baseline and follow‐up comparison between groups (controls and DM1 patients)

N Baseline Follow‐up Group Time × group
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) F p F p
WAIS III
Block design
Control 54 38.78 (13.29) 36.3 (13.68) 17.35*** .00 4.25* .04
DM1 73 31.1 (11.86) 25.93 (11.93)
Vocabulary
Control 54 41.22 (11.48) 42.06 (9.49) 6.65* .01 0.94 .33
DM1 73 36.77 (12.09) 36.56 (11.04)
Digit span
Forward
Control 35 8.43 (1.75) 7.91 (1.94) 3.90 .05 0.16 .69
DM1 52 7.62 (2.12) 7.27 (1.85)
Backward
Control 35 5.97 (1.74) 5.77 (2.00) 1.20 .28 0.07 .79
DM1 52 5.63 (1.97) 5.33 (1.74)
Total
Control 35 14.4 (3.11) 13.69 (3.38) 2.78 .10 0.01 .92
DM1 52 13.25 (3.70) 12.6 (3.25)
IQ estimate
Control 54 102.85 (14.74) 108.18 (13.06) 21.99*** .00 1.09 .30
DM1 73 91.55 (16.59) 95.26 (14.84)
RAVLT
Immediate
Control 51 6.41 (1.96) 6.12 (1.86) 0.01 .98 0.01 .90
DM1 75 6.44 (2.05) 6.11 (2.10)
Total (1–5)
Control 51 51.33 (9.51) 48.24 (9.67) 0.14 .71 0.66 .42
DM1 75 50.17 (10.15) 48.09 (10.93)
Delayed
Control 51 10.55 (2.67) 9.39 (3.03) 0.01 .98 0.10 .75
DM1 75 10.63 (3.01) 9.33 (3.33)
RAVEN
Control 45 46.36 (8.49) 43.38 (9.92) 12.50*** .00 0.21 .64
DM1 67 39.54 (12.00) 36.04 (11.36)
CALCAP
Simple RT
Control 38 318.68 (54.65) 393.82 (79.07) 3.65 .06 0.22 .64
DM1 65 340.25 (74.12) 426.11 (118.22)
Election RT
Control 38 438 (92.96) 486.13 (66.19) 2.46 .12 0.60 .44
DM1 65 467.98 (97.06) 502.26 (73.61)
Sequential 1 RT
Control 38 557.61 (107.91) 614.21 (100.70) 3.76 .05 1.27 .26
DM1 65 607.26 (116.42) 643.26 (106.72)
Sequential 2 RT
Control 38 649.05 (104.56) 662.21 (107.87) 2.28 .13 1.04 .31
DM1 65 667.74 (137.2) 705.43 (104.52)
ROCF
Copy
Control 50 31.13 (4.4) 32.79 (3.83) 6.96** .01 14.64*** .00
DM1 74 30.12 (5.31) 28.96 (6.76)
Delayed recall
Control 49 17.15 (5.94) 19.11 (5.03) 2.01 .16 9.74** .00
DM1 74 17.34 (6.62) 15.99 (6.95)
FLUENCY
Semantic
Control 50 24.16 (5.90) 23.12 (5.78) 2.08 .15 0.05 .82
DM1 74 22.85 (6.23) 21.55 (6.69)
Phonetic
Control 50 16.06 (6.57) 15.50 (4.82) 0.38 .54 1.15 .29
DM1 74 15.03 (5.50) 15.38 (5.59)
STROOP
Word
Control 48 108.52 (17.40) 109.92 (18.59) 12.13*** .00 3.63 .06
DM1 71 99.63 (16.91) 96.94 (18.20)
Colour
Control 48 72.02 (12.70) 72.50 (12.21) 10.03** .00 1.35 .25
DM1 70 65.76 (13.55) 64.27 (13.20)
Word‐Colour
Control 48 45.40 (10.75) 44.98 (10.22) 16.31*** .00 0.01 .95
DM1 70 37.86 (10.90) 37.34 (11.53)
Interference
Control 48 2.27 (6.84) 1.46 (6.47) 6.83* .01 0.74 .39
DM1 70 −1.56 (8.64) −1.06 (7.89)

CALCAP = California Computerized Assessment Package; DM1 = myotonic dystrophy type 1; IQ = Intelligence Quotient; RAVLT = Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test; ROCF = Rey–Osterrieth complex figure; SD = standard deviation; WAIS III = Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III.

*< .05; **< .01; ***< .001.