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Table 3 Neurocognitive performance scores (mean and SD) and ANOVA for cognitive test results of childhood epilepsy with and without IEDs

From: The effect of interictal epileptiform discharges on cognitive and academic performance in children with idiopathic epilepsy

Tasks

Childhood epilepsy with IEDs

Childhood epilepsy without IEDs

Controls

F-value

Choice reaction time

521.48 (132.33)***

511.74 (120.41)**

425.43 (163.84)

11.12***

Mental rotation

14.9 (10.43)*

14.65 (10.20)*

19.72 (11.94)

5.25**

Simple subtraction

33.53 (11.45)*

35.66 (12.83)

38.89 (14.21)

3.64*

Word semantics

20.95 (11.73)

21.96 (11.01)

22.99 (14.08)

0.57

Raven’s Progressive Matrices

15.78 (7.70)

16.09 (6.94)

17.58 (6.53)

1.40

Visual tracing

11.49 (5.94)*

11.34 (6.79)*

14.89 (7.36)

6.86**

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

66.33 (16.30)

69.18 (18.81)

67.51 (15.57)

0.61

  1. *p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001
  2. IEDs: interictal epileptiform discharges; SD: standard deviation, ANOVA: analysis of variance
  3. * Differs from control subjects (p < 0.05)
  4. ** Differs from control subjects (p < 0.01)
  5. *** Differs from control subjects (p < 0.001)