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. 2020 Mar 12;63(3):793–813. doi: 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00012

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
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.