Table 4.
Comparison of stroop color and word task in DMD cases with proximal and distal mutation and controls.
| Cognitive domain and neuropsychological battery | Neuropsychological battery variables | Proximal Mean (SD) |
Distal Mean (SD) |
Control Mean (SD) |
ANOVA F-value |
ANOVA p-value |
Prox vs Dis t-value |
Prox vs Dis p-value |
Control vs Prox t-value |
Control vs Prox p-value |
Control vs Dis t-value |
Control vs Dis p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Executive functioning SCWTa Cognitive flexibility Cognitive control Response inhibition Interference |
STROOP-W | 48.00 (20.52) | 52.30 (20.07) | 60.09 (13.4) | 4.798 | 0.010 | − 0.63 | 0.53 | − 2.092 | 0.058 | − 2.149 | 0.036 |
| STROOP-C | 37.25 (15.33) | 38.46 (13.71) | 46.79 (13.9) | 8.405 | 0.000 | − 0.24 | 0.81 | − 3.493 | 0.003 | − 3.318 | 0.002 | |
| STROOP-CW | 20.25 (7.35) | 24.49 (9.44) | 28.34 (9.8) | 6.071 | 0.003 | − 1.61 | 0.12 | − 1.091 | 0.295 | − 2.131 | 0.037 | |
| STROOP effect 1 | 14.75 (10.55) | 14.11 (8.51) | 18.22 (9.1) | 3.194 | 0.044 | 0.19 | 0.85 | − 0.669 | 0.515 | − 2.424 | 0.018 | |
| STROOP effect 2 | 0.45 (0.15) | 0.49 (0.13) | 0.48 (8.2) | 0.272 | 0.762 | − 0.67 | 0.51 | − 0.451 | 0.659 | 0.056 | 0.956 | |
| STROOP effect 3 | 0.57 (0.16) | 0.65 (0.19) | 0.60 (8.9) | 1.672 | 0.192 | − 1.39 | 0.18 | − 1.004 | 0.336 | 1.572 | 0.121 |
SCWT Stroop Color and word task-word, color color-word.
aDMD distal (n = 48), DMD Pro-(n = 14), control (n = 80).