Table 2.
Executive functioning test performances across age and sex groups.
| Measures of executive function | Total (n = 123) | Age ≤13 years | Age ≥14 years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 70) | Male (n = 35) | Female (n = 35) | Total (n = 53) | Male (n = 32) | Female (n = 21) | ||
| ST word task | 51.67 ± 20.14 | 50.09 ± 21.68 | 49.20 ± 21.49 | 50.97 ± 22.15 | 53.75 ± 17.90 | 54.53 ± 19.32 | 52.57 ± 15.87 |
| ST color task | 51.97 ± 16.46 | 54.19 ± 18.02 | 52.03 ± 15.62 | 56.34 ± 20.13 | 48.80 ± 13.50 | 48.68 ± 14.31 | 49.00 ± 12.39 |
| ST color and word task | 51.89 ± 17.78 | 55.79 ± 20.79 | 52.83 ± 21.85 | 58.74 ± 19.54 | 46.33 ± 10.10 | 47.00 ± 8.94 | 45.17 ± 12.03 |
| ST interference | 58.15 ± 15.57 | 58.73 ± 16.11 | 55.69 ± 17.50 | 61.77 ± 14.20 | 57.33 ± 14.89 | 59.23 ± 15.82 | 54.06 ± 12.89 |
| aATA | |||||||
| Omission errors | 58.83 ± 19.38 | 66.34 ± 20.96 | 73.03 ± 21.48 | 59.65 ± 18.40 | 49.21 ± 11.49 | 49.94 ± 13.97 | 48.10 ± 6.21 |
| Commission errors | 64.60 ± 19.14 | 68.94 ± 21.09 | 74.12 ± 21.95 | 63.76 ± 19.12 | 59.02 ± 14.69 | 55.94 ± 12.01 | 63.71 ± 17.29 |
| Mean of response time | 60.24 ± 14.19 | 57.71 ± 14.04 | 60.15 ± 11.86 | 55.26 ± 15.73 | 63.49 ± 13.84 | 63.41 ± 15.76 | 63.62 ± 10.63 |
| Response time variability | 56.04 ± 19.84 | 61.16 ± 20.00 | 68.53 ± 21.86 | 53.79 ± 14.92 | 49.47 ± 17.73 | 46.78 ± 14.51 | 53.57 ± 21.49 |
| ADHD score | 120.39 ± 22.46 | 126.57 ± 24.40 | 134.85 ± 26.42 | 118.29 ± 19.21 | 112.45 ± 16.84 | 110.88 ± 14.07 | 114.86 ± 20.50 |
| Detectability | 3.26 ± 1.16 | 2.91 ± 1.15 | 2.64 ± 1.13 | 3.17 ± 1.12 | 3.70 ± 1.01 | 3.71 ± 1.10 | 3.68 ± 0.87 |
| Response criterion | 0.78 ± 0.85 | 0.83 ± 0.70 | 0.93 ± 0.71 | 0.73 ± 0.69 | 0.72 ± 1.01 | 0.81 ± 1.22 | 0.58 ± 0.56 |
| vATA | |||||||
| Omission errors | 71.17 ± 22.13 | 72.91 ± 20.59 | 75.44 ± 19.12 | 70.38 ± 21.96 | 68.94 ± 23.97 | 66.25 ± 24.92 | 73.05 ± 22.40 |
| Commission errors | 71.71 ± 21.02 | 75.60 ± 19.88 | 78.32 ± 18.82 | 72.88 ± 20.81 | 66.72 ± 21.58 | 63.38 ± 21.05 | 71.81 ± 21.88 |
| Mean of response time | 50.07 ± 15.37 | 44.07 ± 15.11 | 42.71 ± 16.40 | 45.44 ± 13.82 | 57.77 ± 11.98 | 56.41 ± 14.29 | 59.86 ± 7.01 |
| Response time variability | 49.56 ± 10.06 | 50.04 ± 10.38 | 51.12 ± 9.79 | 48.97 ± 10.97 | 48.94 ± 9.69 | 46.44 ± 9.82 | 52.76 ± 8.31 |
| ADHD score | 126.34 ± 23.35 | 128.31 ± 21.66 | 131.09 ± 20.43 | 125.53 ± 22.80 | 123.81 ± 25.35 | 120.56 ± 25.66 | 128.76 ± 24.64 |
| Detectability | 2.23 ± 1.33 | 1.69 ± 1.22 | 1.45 ± 1.12 | 1.93 ± 1.28 | 2.92 ± 1.13 | 3.13 ± 1.22 | 2.61 ± 0.92 |
| Response criterion | 0.91 ± 0.55 | 0.87 ± 0.38 | 0.87 ± 0.33 | 0.86 ± 0.42 | 0.96 ± 0.71 | 1.08 ± 0.83 | 0.78 ± 0.42 |
Values are means ± SD. aATA, auditory ATA; ST, Stroop test; vATA, visual ATA.