Table 1:

Demographic and neuropsychological data

Controln = 15SCA-NLn = 15SCA-MGn = 15
Age, years (SD)15.09 (2.59)15.19 (1.55)15.38 (3.05)
Sex (male/female)10/59/67/8
Neuropsychologya
    WASI
        Verbal IQ (mean [SD])107.9 (19.42)b104.4 (13.62)NA
        Full-scale IQ (mean [SD])107.5 (14.95)b98.1 (9.16)NA
    CPT-II
        hit rate reaction time (mean [SD])39.80 (7.63)b58.51 (25.79)NA
    D-KEFS
        Trails number-letter switching (mean [SD])100.77 (7.00)b88.75 (17.94)NA
        Color word naming (mean [SD])103.33 (14.67)b91.88 (13.52)NA
        Inhibition (mean [SD])101.67 (9.85)b90.63 (15.59)NA
  • Note:—CPT-II indicates Conners' Continuous Performance Test, 2nd Edition; D-KEFS, Delis-Kaplan Executive Functioning System; WASI, Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; NA indicates data was not analyzed due to small sample size.

  • a The neuropsychology scores for the SCA-NL group were based on 14 of the 15 participants.

  • b Results were significantly different between the control and SCA-NL groups.