Table 1.
Sample sizes (N), percentages (%), means, and standard deviations (SDs) for groups defined as affected (Aff) or unaffected (Unaff) in nonverbal IQ (NVIQ) by language (Lang) for each phenotype by age.
| Outcome | Age | NVIQ | Lang | Group | n | % | NVIQ score |
Lang score |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |||||||
| PPVT-III Vocabulary | 4 | Unaff | Unaff | 871 | 72 | 106 | 11 | 101 | 11 | |
| Aff | SLI | 182 | 15 | 95 | 8 | 78 | 6 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 89 | 7 | 80 | 4 | 94 | 7 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 64 | 5 | 78 | 4 | 75 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Unaff | Unaff | 1,122 | 89 | 106 | 11 | 104 | 9 | ||
| Aff | SLI | 78 | 6 | 98 | 9 | 78 | 6 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 41 | 3 | 80 | 5 | 97 | 7 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 15 | 1 | 79 | 4 | 74 | 12 | |||
| TOLD-P:3 Spoken Language | 4 | Unaff | Unaff | 702 | 59 | 107 | 11 | 96 | 9 | |
| Aff | SLI | 338 | 28 | 98 | 10 | 79 | 4 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 50 | 4 | 80 | 4 | 90 | 5 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 98 | 8 | 79 | 4 | 79 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Unaff | Unaff | 891 | 71 | 108 | 10 | 99 | 10 | ||
| Aff | SLI | 310 | 25 | 100 | 9 | 77 | 6 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 20 | 2 | 79 | 6 | 92 | 6 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 36 | 3 | 80 | 4 | 71 | 8 | |||
| TOLD-P:3 Semantics | 4 | Unaff | Unaff | 733 | 62 | 106 | 11 | 96 | 9 | |
| Aff | SLI | 307 | 26 | 99 | 10 | 79 | 3 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 69 | 6 | 80 | 4 | 91 | 6 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 80 | 7 | 79 | 4 | 78 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Unaff | Unaff | 938 | 75 | 107 | 11 | 99 | 9 | ||
| Aff | SLI | 263 | 21 | 101 | 9 | 76 | 6 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 27 | 2 | 79 | 5 | 93 | 7 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 29 | 2 | 80 | 4 | 71 | 8 | |||
| TOLD-P:3 Syntax | 4 | Unaff | Unaff | 726 | 61 | 107 | 11 | 97 | 10 | |
| Aff | SLI | 314 | 26 | 98 | 9 | 78 | 4 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 61 | 5 | 80 | 4 | 91 | 5 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 87 | 7 | 79 | 4 | 79 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Unaff | Unaff | 914 | 73 | 107 | 11 | 99 | 10 | ||
| Aff | SLI | 287 | 23 | 100 | 10 | 75 | 6 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 20 | 2 | 79 | 4 | 91 | 7 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 36 | 3 | 80 | 5 | 72 | 8 | |||
| GFTA-2 Speech | 4 | Unaff | Unaff | 996 | 83 | 104 | 11 | 58 | 22 | |
| Aff | SLI | 48 | 4 | 101 | 12 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 139 | 12 | 80 | 4 | 55 | 22 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 12 | 1 | 78 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Unaff | Unaff | 1,100 | 88 | 106 | 11 | 45 | 18 | ||
| Aff | SLI | 97 | 8 | 106 | 11 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 48 | 4 | 80 | 5 | 39 | 15 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 7 | 1 | 79 | 3 | 9 | 5 | |||
| MLU | 4 | Unaff | Unaff | 816 | 70 | 105 | 11 | 104 | 14 | |
| Aff | SLI | 202 | 17 | 100 | 11 | 75 | 10 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 95 | 8 | 80 | 4 | 101 | 15 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 54 | 5 | 79 | 4 | 72 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Unaff | Unaff | 1,007 | 81 | 106 | 11 | 106 | 15 | ||
| Aff | SLI | 187 | 15 | 104 | 10 | 77 | 7 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 41 | 3 | 80 | 4 | 106 | 16 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 13 | 1 | 78 | 7 | 76 | 9 | |||
| TEGI Composite | 4 | Unaff | Unaff | 625 | 54 | 106 | 11 | 100 | 8 | |
| Aff | SLI | 393 | 34 | 101 | 10 | 65 | 15 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 70 | 6 | 80 | 4 | 98 | 8 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 77 | 7 | 79 | 4 | 61 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Unaff | Unaff | 912 | 73 | 107 | 11 | 103 | 9 | ||
| Aff | SLI | 286 | 23 | 104 | 10 | 58 | 21 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 31 | 2 | 79 | 5 | 100 | 9 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 25 | 2 | 80 | 4 | 56 | 24 | |||
| TEGI Screener | 4 | Unaff | Unaff | 685 | 58 | 106 | 11 | 101 | 7 | |
| Aff | SLI | 342 | 29 | 100 | 11 | 65 | 14 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 73 | 6 | 80 | 4 | 99 | 7 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 76 | 6 | 79 | 4 | 61 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Unaff | Unaff | 982 | 78 | 106 | 11 | 104 | 7 | ||
| Aff | SLI | 217 | 17 | 103 | 11 | 60 | 22 | |||
| Aff | Unaff | 39 | 3 | 80 | 5 | 103 | 8 | |||
| Aff | NLI | 17 | 1 | 79 | 5 | 50 | 25 | |||
Note. PPVT-III = Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test–III; SLI = specific language impairment; NLI = nonspecific language impairment; TOLD-P:3 = Test of Language Development–Primary: Third Edition; GFTA-2 = Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation–Second Edition; MLU = mean length of utterance as calculated by SALT software; TEGI = Rice–Wexler Test of Early Grammatical Impairment.