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Table 1 Demographical and clinical characteristics of participants with FAS and controls

From: Functional connectivity of cognition-related brain networks in adults with fetal alcohol syndrome

a)

Group

Total

Female

Male

pa

Sex

FAS

39

17 (43.6%)

22 (56.4%)

.319

CON

44

24 (54.5%)

20 (45.5%)

b)

Group

Mean ± SD

Median

Range

pb

Age (years)

FAS

20.9 ± 3.4

20

18–32

.013*

CON

22.2 ± 3.4

21

18–32

EHI Handedness index

FAS

71.6 ± 37.9

83.3

 − 58.3–100

.887

CON

69.8 ± 40.3

83.3

 − 58.3–100

TMT reaction time (sec)

FAS

97.2 ± 36.7

86.3

54.3–220.0

 < .001*

CON

54.0 ± 8.7

54.1

35.5–74.8

IQ (mean ± SD)c

FASd

82.0 ± 16.7

80.5

58–116

 < .001*

CON

117.7 ± 15.0

116.5

88–150

  1. aChi-squared test (sex distribution between groups)
  2. bMann–Whitney U test
  3. cbased on TMT reaction times
  4. d only calculated for n = 36 within valid range
  5. *significant difference
  6. FAS fetal alcohol syndrome, CON controls, SD standard deviation, NA not applicable, EHI Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, TMT trail-making task, IQ intelligence quotient estimated from TMT performance