Maternal antenatal anxiety and electrophysiological functioning amongst a sub-set of preschoolers participating in the GUSTO cohort

Table 2 Comparison of Pre and Post ERP components accounting for antenatal maternal anxiety and gender

	Pre-switch condition (n = 68; 41 male & 27 female)				Post-switch condition (n = 68; 41 male & 27 female)
	M_female	SD_female	M_male	SD_male	M_female	SD_female	M_male	SD_male	F	df
N1 Amplitude	−7.72	2.75	−7.30	2.69	−8.58	3.09	−7.11	2.25
N1 Amplitude Pre-Post									7.74**	1,64
Antenatal Anxiety X N1 Amplitude Pre-Post									5.62*	1,64
Gender X N1 Amplitude Pre-Post									3.72*	1,64
Failed Pre-switch X N1 Amplitude Pre-Post									1.32	1,64
P2_N1 Amplitude	8.700	3.44	8.49	4.34	10.18	4.62	8.05	4.00
P2_N1 Amplitude Pre-Post									6.27*	1,64
Antenatal Anxiety X P2_N1 Amplitude Pre-Post									6.24*	1,64
Gender X P2_N1 Amplitude Pre-Post									5.58*	1,64
Failed Pre-switch X N1 Amplitude Pre-Post									1.16	1,64
N2_P2 Amplitude	−9.18	4.14	−9.01	4.59	−10.20	4.45	−8.66	4.17
N2_P2 Amplitude Pre-Post									1.49	1,64
Antenatal Anxiety X N2_P2 Amplitude Pre-Post									1.35	1,64
Gender X N2_P2 Amplitude Pre-Post									2.37	1,64
Failed Pre-switch X N1 Amplitude Pre-Post									.22	1,64

Means and Standard Deviations are not adjusted for maternal anxiety or pre-switch pass status
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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