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. 2020 Mar 13;63(1):e25. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2019.10

Table 2.

Means and standard deviations of neuropsychological test data in ARMS patients and HC

Total group ARMS HC
All Men Women All Men Women All Men Women
(n = 410) (n = 219) (n = 191) (n = 343) (n = 185) (n = 158) (n = 67) (n = 34) (n = 33)
Attention
 WAIS-III Digit Span Forward 9.69 (2.26) 9.66 (2.19) 9.73 (2.34) 9.51 (2.20) 9.50 (2.16) 9.51 (2.24) 10.7 (2.35) 10.5 (2.18) 11.0 (2.57)
Current IQ
 Block Design total raw score 43.8 (15.2) 44.8 (15.2) 42.7 (15.3) 42.7 (15.5) 43.8 (15.1) 41.4 (15.8) 49.3 (12.9) 49.7 (14.8) 48.9 (11.0)
 Estimate of total IQ 101 (17.9) 102 (18.7) 100 (17.0) 98.6 (16.8) 99.9 (17.6) 97.2 (15.9) 113 (18.1) 112 (20.5) 113 (15.7)
 Information total raw score 16.9 (6.56) 17.5 (6.56) 16.2 (6.51) 16.3 (6.73) 17.1 (6.71) 15.5 (6.68) 19.4 (4.98) 19.4 (5.47) 19.4 (4.52)
Problem solving
 Beads task draws to decision 6.62 (4.63) 6.90 (5.06) 6.31 (4.11) 6.54 (4.70) 6.74 (5.20) 6.33 (4.09) 7.02 (4.29) 7.73 (4.21) 6.22 (4.32)
Social cognition
 BFR total correct 22.3 (2.33) 22.3 (2.24) 22.3 (2.43) 22.2 (2.32) 22.3 (2.24) 22.2 (2.42) 22.6 (2.36) 22.1 (2.31) 23.1 (2.36)
 DFAR angry faces total correct 10.2 (4.90) 9.67 (4.90) 10.7 (4.84) 10.5 (4.71) 9.99 (4.79) 11.0 (4.58) 8.61 (5.53) 7.94 (5.23) 9.30 (5.82)
 DFAR frightened faces total correct 8.59 (4.25) 8.17 (4.21) 9.07 (4.26) 8.80 (4.09) 8.26 (4.09) 9.43 (4.02) 7.50 (4.89) 7.68 (4.85) 7.31 (5.01)
 DFAR happy faces total correct 12.8 (5.08) 12.5 (5.23) 13.1 (4.89) 13.1 (4.78) 12.7 (5.07) 13.5 (4.38) 11.3 (6.23) 11.4 (6.01) 11.1 (6.54)
 DFAR neutral faces total correct 11.4 (4.84) 11.1 (4.95) 11.6 (4.72) 11.6 (4.57) 11.3 (4.76) 12.0 (4.31) 10.2 (5.97) 10.6 (5.92) 9.81 (6.09)
Speed of processing
 Digital Symbol Coding total raw score 73.1 (16.1) 70.2 (16.6) 76.4 (15.0) 71.7 (15.8) 69.2 (16.6) 74.5 (14.4) 80.1 (15.9) 75.2 (15.9) 85.0 (14.6)
 TMT-A time to completion 29.6 (12.3) 30.7 (13.9) 28.4 (10.1) 30.2 (12.2) 31.2 (13.6) 29.1 (10.3) 26.6 (12.8) 28.1 (15.6) 25.0 (8.62)
 TMT-B time to completion 70.3 (29.4) 74.6 (30.8) 65.7 (27.2) 73.2 (30.4) 77.9 (31.6) 68.0 (28.2) 56.3 (18.8) 58.0 (19.5) 54.4 (18.2)
Verbal learning
 RAVLT delayed recall correct 10.7 (3.14) 10.2 (3.31) 11.4 (2.79) 10.6 (3.05) 10.0 (3.21) 11.2 (2.72) 11.4 (3.48) 10.9 (3.76) 12.0 (3.09)
 RAVLT trial 1 correct 6.82 (2.02) 6.58 (1.93) 7.09 (2.09) 6.69 (1.99) 6.45 (1.86) 6.98 (2.11) 7.43 (2.04) 7.25 (2.14) 7.64 (1.93)
 RAVLT trials 1–5 correct 52.2 (9.91) 50.6 (9.68) 54.0 (9.88) 51.3 (9.98) 49.9 (9.64) 53.1 (10.1) 56.3 (8.50) 54.1 (9.20) 58.7 (7.01)
Working memory
 Arithmetic total raw score 13.5 (4.76) 14.1 (4.68) 12.8 (4.76) 13.1 (4.70) 13.8 (4.64) 12.3 (4.65) 15.5 (4.58) 15.9 (4.60) 15.1 (4.60)
 WAIS-III Digit Span Backwards 6.73 (2.27) 6.74 (2.28) 6.71 (2.27) 6.60 (2.19) 6.72 (2.30) 6.46 (2.06) 7.44 (2.58) 6.87 (2.21) 8.17 (2.87)

Abbreviations: ARMS, at-risk mental state; BFR, Benton Facial Recognition Test; DFAR, Degraded Facial Affect Recognition Task; HC, healthy controls; RAVLT, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test; TMT, Trail Making Test; WAIS, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.