Table 5 Neurodevelopmental data of participants.

From: Inhibition abilities and functional brain connectivity in school-aged term-born and preterm-born children

Cognitive and motor data

Very preterm born n = 67

Term born n = 69

pa

 

M

SD

Range

M

SD

Range

 

IQ estimate

102

16.5

[67.1 to 138]

115

13.7

[83.7 to 152]

<0.001

Fine motor abilities (in s)

18.3

2.6

[13.5, 28.5]

17.4

2.3

[13.0, 24.0]

0.036

Inhibition composite scoreb

−0.4

0.8

[−2.2 to 1.7]

0.0

0.8

[−2.3 to 1.5]

0.007

SSRTb

−0.6

1.1

[−3.5 to 3.1]

0.0

1.0

[−2.9 to 1.9]

0.001

Color Word inhibition time (2 s)

−0.1

0.9

[−2.8 to 1.5]

0.0

1.0

[−3.1 to 1.5]

0.5

  1. M mean, SD standard deviation.
  2. aIndependent samples t tests.
  3. bZ-scores calculated with M and SD of term-born group.
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