Table 2 Descriptive statistics of background information and reading-related skills for each groups.

From: Improving sentence reading performance in Chinese children with developmental dyslexia by training based on visual attention span

Items

DD

TD (N = 40)

T test (Total DD vs. TD)

F test (comparison across group )

Comparisons

Total DDs

VAS-im DDs (N = 20)

VAS-no DDs (N = 20)

Chronological age (years)

10.06 (1.50)

10.10 (0.35)

10.03 (0.34)

10.09 (0.39)

0.02

Gender

29 boys/11 girls

14 boys/6 girls

15 boys/5 girls

19 boys/21 girls

Vocabulary

1477 (161)

1463 (162)

1492 (157)

2328 (179)

3.56**

8.07***

 < 

Non-verbal IQ

36.30 (6.76)

36.31 (1.48)

38.18 (1.43)

37.31 (1.64)

1.89

RAN (seconds)

13.98 (3.22)

14.32 (0.76)

13.88 (0.74)

10.14 (0.84)

−2.35*

3.93*

 < 

Char_O (c/min)

84.03 (25.26)

84.13 (6.24)

83.94 (6.05)

111.23 (6.92)

3.21**

5.55**

 < 

Char_S (c/min)

114.90 (37.18)

95.13 (7.99)

133.53 (7.75)

143.77 (8.86)

2.20*

9.76***

 < 

Sen_O_acc (%)

0.75 (0.08)

0.74 (0.02)

0.76 (0.02)

0.84 (0.02)

3.36**

6.02**

 < 

Sen_O_spe (c/min)

131.82 (62.18)

137.96 (16.55)

126.05 (16.06)

180.97 (18.36)

2.29*

2.70+

 < 

Sen_S_acc (%)

0.73 (0.11)

0.70 (0.03)

0.76 (0.03)

0.84 (0.03)

3.29**

7.30**

 <  < 

Sen_S_spe (c/min)

273.73 (114.74)

288.68 (36.98)

259.66 (35.87)

340.68 (41.02)

1.11

  1. Note. DD, dyslexia; TD, age-matched normal readers. VAS-im DDs, dyslexics with impaired visual attention span; VAS-no DDs, dyslexics with normal function in visual attention span. Non-verbal IQ, raw scores in RAVEN test; RAN, naming speed in digit rapid naming task; Char_O, character reading speed in the oral mode; Char_S, character reading speed in the silent mode. Sen_O_acc, judgement accuracy in the oral sentence reading task; Sen_O_spe, oral reading speed in the sentence reading task. Sen_S_acc, judgement accuracy in the silent sentence reading task; Sen_S_spe, silent reading speed in the sentence reading task. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.