Table 4.
Neuropsychological Profiles Based on Adolescent/Young Adult ADHD Status
| ADHD-Remitters (n = 29) |
ADHD-Persisters (n = 44) |
Planned Contrasts |
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| Controls vs. ADHD-R |
Controls vs. ADHD-P |
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| Measure | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p | d | t | p | d |
| WAIS-III Index Scores | ||||||||||
| Verbal Comprehension | 95.90 | 15.75 | 94.66 | 15.74 | 0.46 | .65 | .10 | 0.93 | .35 | .18 |
| Perceptual Organization | 99.17 | 15.52 | 94.15 | 12.73 | 0.39 | .70 | .08 | 1.46 | .15 | .29 |
| Processing Speed | 90.19 | 13.23 | 89.07 | 13.39 | 0.07 | .94 | .02 | 0.51 | .61 | .10 |
| Working Memory | 94.79 | 16.14 | 91.45 | 15.02 | 0.95 | .34 | .20 | 2.10 | .03 | .43 |
| Stroop Test | ||||||||||
| Word Reading | 39.03 | 9.00 | 40.76 | 7.63 | 2.70 | .01 | .55 | 1.92 | .06 | .39 |
| Color Naming | 40.10 | 7.41 | 41.55 | 9.21 | 1.91 | .06 | .44 | 1.27 | .21 | .24 |
| Color-Word | 41.72 | 9.82 | 42.55 | 11.26 | 1.85 | .07 | .41 | 1.62 | .11 | .30 |
| Interference | 50.03 | 7.63 | 49.58 | 6.89 | 0.54 | .59 | .11 | 0.94 | .35 | .19 |
| CPT | ||||||||||
| Hits (%-correct) | 75.19 | 16.74 | 70.90 | 15.45 | 1.74 | .09 | .37 | 3.43 | .001 | .68 |
| False Alarms (%-made) | 11.13 | 17.60 | 13.87 | 14.33 | 1.49 | .15 | .37 | 3.08 | .003 | .66 |
| d′ | 2.33 | 1.09 | 1.89 | 0.96 | 2.09 | .04 | .44 | 4.59 | <.001 | .94 |
| lnβ | 4.01 | 3.18 | 2.76 | 2.29 | 0.67 | .50 | .17 | 2.67 | .009 | .57 |
| Hit Reaction Time (msec) | 626.59 | 109.29 | 590.78 | 112.10 | 0.32 | .75 | .07 | 2.12 | .04 | .41 |
| Hit RTSD (msec) | 226.85 | 65.93 | 229.33 | 77.83 | 2.47 | .02 | .57 | 2.93 | <.001 | .55 |
| Actigraph | ||||||||||
| Ankle Activity | 1.66 | 0.49 | 1.74 | 0.42 | 2.25 | .03 | .50 | 3.64 | .001 | .75 |
| Waist Activity | 1.50 | 0.53 | 1.59 | 0.40 | 1.22 | .23 | .26 | 2.34 | .02 | .52 |