Table 2 Cohort characteristics.

From: Differences between children with Down syndrome and typically developing children in adaptive behaviour, executive functions and visual acuity

Cohort characteristics

n = 

%

Mean

Standard deviation

Number of children with DS

104

   

Boys

51

49

  

Children attending school

91

88

  

Children not using glasses

28

27

  

Nystagmus

17

16

  

Manifest strabismus

31

30

  

Age (months)

  

105.3

42.7

Accommodation lag (dioptres)

  

2.21

0.89

Manifest angle of strabismus (prism dioptres)

  

21.03

12.5

Distant visual acuity (LogMar)

  

0.43

0.26

Uncrowded near visual acuity (LogMar)

  

0.56

0.32

Crowded near visual acuity (LogMar)

  

0.64

0.29

  1. Data are given either as numbers (n =) and percentages (%) or as mean with standard deviation.
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