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Table 4 Comparison between WPPSI-III test scores of FASSTT Offspring Trial participants with a representative sample of British children

From: Effect of continued folic acid supplementation beyond the first trimester of pregnancy on cognitive performance in the child: a follow-up study from a randomized controlled trial (FASSTT Offspring Trial)

Composite scores

UK mean (n = 41)

Placebo (n=33)

p value

Folic acid (n = 37)

p value

Verbal IQ

99.07

103.4

0.034

107.7

< 0.001

Performance IQ

98.74

100.6

0.361

104.1

0.035

Processing speed

101.32

103.9

0.373

102.5

0.636

General language

101.85

105.8

0.098

108.9

0.002

Full scale IQ

98.31

103.5

0.017

106.4

0.001

  1. Data presented as mean. The p values refer to data analyzed by a one-sample t test for comparison of placebo and treatment groups with WPPSI-III test scores from a representative sample of British children [32]. Results considered significant when p < 0.05
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