Table 3 Results of regression analyses on baseline scores shows that combinations of education, age and Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) consistently predicted performance on the cognitive tasks
TASK | R 2 | R 2 adj | F | P | Factor | β | t | P |
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Letter cancellation | 0.152 | 0.137 | 10.188 | <0.0001 | Education | 0.489 | 1.889 | 0.061 |
Age | −0.171 | −2.734 | 0.007 | |||||
FSIQ | 0.136 | 2.442 | 0.016 | |||||
Auditory verbal learning task (AVLT) | 0.109 | 0.98 | 10.444 | <0.0001 | Age | −0.049 | −3.505 | 0.001 |
Supraspan | FSIQ | 0.033 | 3.006 | 0.003 | ||||
AVLT total | 0.204 | 0.194 | 21.862 | <0.0001 | Age | −0.35 | −5.319 | <0.0001 |
FSIQ | 0.208 | 4.04 | <0.0001 | |||||
AVLT delayed | 0.146 | 0.136 | 14.563 | <0.0001 | Education | 0.304 | 0.085 | <0.0001 |
Age | −0.077 | 0.024 | 0.002 | |||||
Complex figure immediate | 0.112 | 0.101 | 10.689 | <0.0001 | Age | −0.209 | −3.939 | <0.0001 |
FSIQ | 0.104 | 2.509 | 0.013 | |||||
Complex figure delayed | 0.139 | 0.129 | 13.789 | <0.0001 | Age | −0.201 | −4.169 | <0.0001 |
FSIQ | 0.124 | 3.28 | 0.001 | |||||
Story immediate recall | 0.206 | 0.196 | 22.125 | <0.0001 | FSIQ | 0.122 | 5.24 | <0.0001 |
Age | −0.125 | −4.207 | <0.0001 | |||||
Story delayed recall | 0.209 | 0.2 | 22.593 | <0.0001 | FSIQ | 0.121 | 5.141 | <0.0001 |
Age | −0.134 | −4.438 | <0.0001 | |||||
Letter/number sequencing | 0.223 | 0.209 | 16.258 | <0.0001 | FSIQ | 0.102 | 6.033 | <0.0001 |
Age | −0.075 | −3.94 | <0.0001 | |||||
Education | −0.179 | −2.279 | 0.024 | |||||
Digit span forward | 0.212 | 0.207 | 46.278 | <0.0001 | FSIQ | 0.094 | 6.803 | <0.0001 |
Digit span backwards | 0.221 | 0.212 | 24.205 | <0.0001 | FSIQ | 0.086 | 6.593 | <0.0001 |
Age | −0.039 | −0.2363 | 0.019 | |||||
Spatial span forwards | 0.118 | 0.108 | 11.453 | <0.0001 | Age | −0.053 | −3.863 | <0.0001 |
FSIQ | 0.031 | 2.906 | 0.004 | |||||
Spatial span backwards | 0.216 | 0.202 | 15.609 | <0.0001 | Education | 0.15 | 2.663 | 0.008 |
Age | −0.052 | −3.77 | <0.0001 | |||||
FSIQ | 0.028 | 2.318 | 0.022 | |||||
Stroop | 0.084 | 0.079 | 15.722 | <0.0001 | Education | 0.793 | 3.965 | <0.0001 |