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Table 1 Participant and parent characteristics by adaptive vs. non-adaptive control group

From: Cognitive training for children and adolescents with fragile X syndrome: a randomized controlled trial of Cogmed

Variable

Category

Non-adaptive

Adaptive

p value

N

%

N

%

Participant racea

Caucasian

38

76.00

41

82.00

0.461a

Participant ethnicitya

Hispanic or Latino

11

22.00

7

14.00

0.298a

Parent 1 education (training aide) a

Bachelor’s or above

33

66.00

33

67.35

0.545a

Parent 2 educationa

Bachelor’s or above

34

70.83

22

47.83

0.826a

Household income

$75 K+

34

69.39

29

59.18

0.237

<$75 K

10

20.40

15

30.61

 

Prefer not to report

5

10.20

5

10.20

 

Participant psychoactive medications

SSRI/SNRI

21

42.00

21

42.00

 

Stimulant

14

28.00

22

44.00

 

Antipsychotic

3

6.00

6

12.00

 

Glutamatergic

3

6.00

1

2.00

 

GABAergic

1

2.00

0

0.00

 

Alpha agonist

2

4.00

2

4.00

 

Any

31

62.00

32

64.00

0.836

Parent marital status

Married

46

92.00

46

93.88

0.511

Cogmed training platform

PC with mouse

13

26.00

12

24.00

0.817

Tablet

37

74.00

38

76.00

 
  

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p value

Participant age

 

12.26

3.04

13.00

3.11

0.232

Abbreviated IQ (SB 5)

 

64.79

15.64

64.42

17.73

0.914

Mental age equivalent (years; SB 5)

 

6.98

1.90

7.31

3.91

0.323

Cogmed sessions per week

 

4.46

0.83

4.38

1.09

0.710

Total training days

 

24.22

1.47

24.22

1.79

1.000

Active training time per day (min)

 

18.01

5.98

21.08

8.10

0.033

  1. p values reflect differences utilizing all categories
  2. aNot all categories are shown to conserve table space