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Table 1 ANOVA of individual group descriptive statistics with significant groups confirmed via Tukey–Kramer post-hoc tests

From: Properties of white matter tract diffusivity in children with developmental dyslexia and comorbid attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Variable

DD + ADHD

M (SD)

DD

M (SD)

TD

M (SD)

F(2,79)

p

ηp2

Tukey–Kramer post-hoc tests

N (Female)

22 (8)

40 (27)

20 (9)

--

--

--

--

Age

9.27 (0.68)

9.34 (0.76)

9.34 (0.56)

--

--

--

--

BRI-T

57.05 (10.86)

49.00 (13.16)

43.65 (7.54)

7.42

<0 .001

0.158

TD < DD & DD + ADHD

GEC-T

62.73 (7.69)

49.98 (12.36)

42.10 (5.96)

23.3

< 0.001

0.371

TD < DD < DD + ADHD

TOWRE-CST

69.32 (10.18)

72.85 (8.46)

105.45 (11.30)

93.5

< 0.001

0.703

TD > DD & DD + ADHD

WASI-II

92.96 (9.42)

91.93 (8.31)

112.25 (12.85)

31.0

< 0.001

0.440

TD > DD & DD + ADHD

WJ3-Basic

84.1 (8.83)

86.45 (8.17)

111.85 (6.32)

82.9

< 0.001

0.692

TD > DD & DD + ADHD

  1. M Mean, SD Standard deviation, Bolded Statistically significant values, DD Developmental dyslexia, DD + ADHD Developmental dyslexia comorbid with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, TD Typical developing, unimpaired readers, BRI-T BEHAVIORAL Regulation Index T Score taken from the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF), GEC-T Global Executive Composite T Score taken from BRIEF, TOWRE-CST Test of Word Reading Efficiency 2nd Edition Composite Score, WASI-II Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence – II, WJ3-Basic Woodcock Johnson-III Basic Reading Composite Score. Note: BRI-T differs for TD < DD + ADHD & DD < DD + ADHD; no difference between DD & TD. TOWRE-CST, WASI-II, & WJ3-Basic differ for TD > DD + ADHD & TD > DD + ADHD; no difference between DD & DD + ADHD