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Table 4 Memory and executive functioning group comparison results

From: Four-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of choline for neurodevelopment in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Mean (SE) {n}

Placebo

Choline

Statistic

Sig.

Effect size

Memory

 EI short delay components a

96.1(0.9) {16}

97.8 (0.9) {15}

F (1, 30) = 1.89

p = 0.18

PE2 = 0.06

 EI short delay pairs a

63.2 (2.6) {16}

63.8 (2.7) {15}

F (1, 30) = 0.29

p = 0.87

PE2 = 0.00

 EI short delay adjacent pairs a

21.3 (3.8) {16}

24.7 (4.0) {15}

F (1, 30) = 0.38

p = 0.55

PE2 = 0.13

 NEPSY-II Memory for Names Delayed

6.2 (3.2) {16}

9.1 (4.3) {15}

F (1, 30) = 4.75

p = 0.04*

d = 0.77

 NEPSY-II Memory for Faces Delayed

8.8 (3.7) {13}

8.7(2.3) {14}

F (1, 26) = 0.00

p = 0.96

d = 0.03

 NEPSY-II Narrative Memory

7.8 (3.6) {16}

8.3 (2.4) {15}

F (1, 30) = 0.01

p = 0.93

d = 0.16

 NIH Toolbox PSMT

47.4 (13.6) {16}

50.9 (14.2) {15}

F (1, 30) = 0.49

p = 0.49

d = 0.25

Executive functioning

 NIH Toolbox DCCST

40.4 (7.5) {15}

44.1 (10.8) {15}

F (1, 29) = 1.29

p = 0.27

d = 0.40

 NIH Toolbox Flanker test

39.8 (8.0) {16}

45.6 (9.6) {15}

F (1, 30) = 3.32

p = 0.08

d = 0.66

  1. Note: NEPSY-II Narrative Memory score provided is the free and cured recall total score
  2. *significance p <.05
  3. EI elicited imitation, SE standard error, PE2 partial eta squared, d Cohen’s d effect size, DCCST Dimensional Change Card Sort Test, PSMT Picture Sequence Memory Test
  4. Note: EI analyses controlled for baseline EI score (entered as covariates)
  5. a Estimated marginal means are provided