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. 2021 Nov 22;16(11):e0260351. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260351

Table 3. Testing the effect of age group, gender, and interaction between the two on the test metrics using one and two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).

Test Variables (1) (2) (3)
Age group Gender Age group Gender Age×Gender
F-stat p-value F-stat p-value F-stat p-value F-stat p-value F-stat p-value
Saccade–Random, Horizontal Latency (s) 0.512 0.475 2.198 0.139 1.699 0.193 1.903 0.168 2.763 0.097
Accuracy (%) 1.691 0.194 1.485 0.224 1.299 0.255 1.273 0.260 0.007 0.933
Final accuracy (%) 1.211 0.272 0.160 0.689 0.305 0.581 0.025 0.875 2.287 0.131
AUF (deg2/s) 1.626 0.203 0.020 0.888 1.322 0.251 0.002 0.967 0.033 0.856
Peak velocity (25–30°/s) 0.001 0.970 2.871 0.093 0.001 0.982 2.318 0.131 0.028 0.868
Saccade–Random, Vertical Latency (s) 8.416 0.004 0.000 0.986 12.430 0.000 0.003 0.958 5.773 0.017
Accuracy (%) 0.037 0.847 0.905 0.342 0.048 0.827 0.940 0.333 0.008 0.928
Final accuracy (%) 0.356 0.551 0.299 0.585 0.376 0.540 0.511 0.475 0.029 0.866
AUF (deg2/s) 12.198 0.001 1.884 0.171 11.755 0.001 1.456 0.228 0.381 0.538
Peak velocity (25-30deg/s) 0.002 0.967 0.491 0.485 0.070 0.792 0.000 0.993 1.112 0.294
Smooth Pursuit–Horizontal 0.1Hz Velocity gain 0.078 0.779 0.888 0.346 0.064 0.801 0.962 0.327 0.062 0.804
Asymmetry (%) 2.059 0.152 0.484 0.487 2.007 0.157 0.603 0.438 0.001 0.974
Position gain 4.351 0.038 0.518 0.472 3.495 0.062 0.882 0.348 0.350 0.555
Saccadic component (%) 0.010 0.921 2.055 0.152 0.058 0.811 2.509 0.114 2.070 0.151
Smooth Pursuit–Horizontal 0.75 Hz Velocity gain 0.016 0.898 5.980 0.015 0.041 0.840 6.337 0.012 0.695 0.405
Asymmetry (%) 0.143 0.706 0.710 0.400 0.391 0.532 0.830 0.363 1.113 0.292
Position gain 13.658 0.000 2.349 0.126 14.923 0.000 2.729 0.099 0.671 0.413
Saccadic component (%) 2.878 0.090 0.847 0.358 1.414 0.235 0.464 0.496 1.312 0.253
Smooth Pursuit–Vertical 0.1 Hz Velocity gain 2.122 0.146 0.009 0.924 1.506 0.220 0.035 0.853 0.003 0.958
Asymmetry (%) 1.871 0.172 1.567 0.211 1.757 0.186 2.164 0.142 0.061 0.805
Position gain 16.354 0.000 0.086 0.770 14.096 0.000 0.270 0.604 0.057 0.811
Saccadic component (%) 4.032 0.045 3.654 0.057 3.250 0.072 3.133 0.077 0.002 0.964
Smooth Pursuit–Vertical 0.75 Hz Velocity gain 0.500 0.480 3.727 0.054 0.179 0.672 3.313 0.069 0.218 0.641
Asymmetry (%) 6.709 0.010 2.177 0.141 3.775 0.053 1.411 0.236 1.727 0.190
Position gain 4.317 0.038 0.000 0.983 6.335 0.012 0.000 0.990 2.995 0.084
Saccadic component (%) 5.479 0.020 11.492 0.001 3.486 0.063 10.010 0.002 0.349 0.555
Predictive Saccades Percentage predicted (%) 35.909 0.000 0.043 0.835 28.757 0.000 0.057 0.812 1.515 0.219
Antisaccades Error rate (%) 4.780 0.029 2.799 0.095 0.060 0.806 2.281 0.132 3.649 0.057
Visual Reaction Time Latency (ms) 0.834 0.362 12.277 0.001 2.041 0.154 0.080 0.778 3.168 0.076
Auditory Reaction Time Latency (ms) 0.018 0.894 29.000 0.000 0.815 0.367 27.972 0.000 0.593 0.442
Saccade and Reaction Time–Saccade metrics: Latency (ms) 0.547 0.460 0.406 0.524 0.550 0.459 0.370 0.543 0.067 0.795
Accuracy (%) 0.822 0.365 1.623 0.203 0.371 0.543 1.317 0.252 0.348 0.556
Final accuracy (%) 0.008 0.927 1.696 0.193 0.007 0.935 1.765 0.185 0.071 0.790
Saccade and Reaction Time–Motor response: Latency mean (s), Left 0.020 0.887 0.190 0.664 0.019 0.892 0.103 0.749 0.004 0.949
Latency mean (s), Right 0.007 0.932 0.060 0.807 0.000 0.995 0.087 0.768 0.030 0.864

The t-test-based results examining the effect of age and gender are not reported here. However, these results are consistent with those of one-way ANOVA.