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Table 3 Pretreatment characteristics of two age groups of ADHD children

From: Long-term effects of stimulants on neurocognitive performance of Taiwanese children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

 

6-8 years (N = 60)

9-12 years (N = 70)

P value1

Item

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

  

ADHDRS_total

32.2 ± 8.0

27.9 ± 7.7

0.006

**

ADHDRS_inattention

17.8 ± 5.1

15.7 ± 3.3

0.007

**

ADHDRS_hyperactivity

14.4 ± 5.1

12.6 ± 4.7

0.017

*

CGI –S

4.8 ± 0.8

4.4 ± 0.9

0.007

**

WISC-III

    

Information

9.4 ± 2.4

9.3 ± 3.2

0.736

 

Similarities

8.8 ± 3.4

10.7 ± 3.1

0.002

**

Arithmetic

10.0 ± 3.2

10.3 ± 3.1

0.620

 

Vocabulary

9.4 ± 3.5

9.9 ± 2.5

0.433

 

Comprehension

9.8 ± 3.1

9.7 ± 2.5

0.830

 

Picture completion

9.2 ± 2.9

9.9 ± 3.2

0.211

 

Coding

9.2 ± 4.2

8.9 ± 3.2

0.715

 

Picture arrangement

9.6 ± 2.8

9.8 ± 3.1

0.673

 

Block design

10.5 ± 3.1

10.8 ± 3.5

0.625

 

Object assembly

9.0 ± 2.7

9.5 ± 3.2

0.414

 

Digit span

9.3 ± 2.6

9.8 ± 3.2

0.481

 

Symbol search

11.0 ± 2.7

11.0 ± 2.4

0.989

 

FIQ

96.4 ± 13.7

99.0 ± 14.6

0.298

 

VIQ

97.1 ± 14.8

99.5 ± 13.4

0.369

 

PIQ

97.8 ± 13.8

98.9 ± 16.5

0.720

 

VCI

97.3 ± 13.8

100.7 ± 13.2

0.181

 

POI

97.2 ± 12.6

100.2 ± 15.1

0.273

 

FDI

98.5 ± 13.0

100.8 ± 15.8

0.504

 

PSI

100.6 ± 16.7

99.9 ± 12.7

0.827

 
  1. 1P value by 2 sample t-test; *: <0.05, **: <0.01.
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