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Table 2 The differences in median scores of vigilance test and TEA-Ch test among the four exposed-groups, and between exposed and unexposed controls

From: Impairment of executive function in Kenyan children exposed to severe falciparum malaria with neurological involvement

Description

Cases

Controls

Comparisona

Comparisonb

 

Cerebral malaria

Malarial seizures

Malarial prostration

Malarial seizures with fever

Unexposed

  

Vigilance test

Omissionc

0.63 (0.45-0.71)

0.46 (0.32-0.66)

0.66 (0.64-0.86)

0.71 (0.47-0.87

0.64 (0.50-0.75

X2 = 6.08, P = 0.108

Z = 1.13, P = 0.259

Commissionc

0.40 (0.28-0.50)

0.60 (0.37-0.78)

0.37 (0.32-0.46)

0.53 (0.30-0.63)

0.35 (0.18-0.49)

X2 = 7.10, P = 0.069

Z = -1.22, P = 0.222

Average time

11.5 (10.9- 12.5)

9.6 (7.7-11.9)

11.6 (10.7-11.9)

11.2 (9.9-11.7)

11.6 (10.6-12.4)

X2 = 8.351, P = 0.039

Z = 0.50, P = 0.616

Efficiency

5.6 (5.1-6.1)

4.9 (2.3-5.7)

5.9 (5.5-6.3)

4.7 (4.3-5.5)

5.9 (4.8-6.8)

X2 = 6.265, P = 0.099

Z = 0.93, P = 0.351

Test of everyday attention for children (TEA-Ch) test

Median test total (IQR)

5.0 (4.0-9.0)

3.5 (3.0-7.0)

7.0 (5.0-9.0)

4.0 (2.5-5.0)

7.0 (4.0-10.0)

X2 = 4.62, P = 0.198

Z = 0.46, P = 0.644

Contingency Naming Test (CNT)

Median total error1 (IQR)

0 (0–2.0)

0 (0–2.0)

0 (0–1.0)

0 (0–0.5)

0 (0–2.0)

X2 = 1.57, P = 0.667

Z = 1.03, P = 0.303

Median efficiency1 (IQR)

1.5 (0.8-1.9)

1.0 (0.7-1.4)

1.3 (1.2-1.9)

1.4 (1.2-1.7)

1.3 (0.8-1.8)

X2 = 3.70, P = 0.295

Z = -1.08, P = 0.279

Median total error2 (IQR)

1.0 (0–4.0)

2.0 (0–6.0)

1.0 (0–3.0)

0 (0.9.5)

1.0 (0–3.5)

X2 = 1.27, P = 0.735

Z = 0.20, P = 844

Median efficiency2 (IQR)

0.5 (0.2-0.7)

0.3 (0.1-0.6)

0.5 (0.4-0.7)

0.7 (0.4-0.8)

0.5 (0.2-0.8)

X2 = 2.86, P = 0.413

Z = -0.61, P = 0.539

Median total error3 (IQR)

12.0 (9.0-15)

13 (9.0-16.0)

11.0 (10.0-16.0)

13.5 (10.0-17.0)

12.0 (9.0-15.0)

X2 = 0.35, P = 0.950

Z = -0.09, P = 0.927

Median efficiency3 (IQR)

0.09 (0.07-0.14)

0.10 (0.06-0.12)

0.11 (0.09-0.12)

0.09 (0.07-0.15)

0.10 (0.07-0.13)

X2 = 1.33, P = 0.721

Z = -0.68, P = 0.499

Median total error4 (IQR)

14.0 (12.0-15.0)

14.0 (12.0-16.0)

14.0 (12.0-15.0)

15.5 (13.5-17.0)

13.0 (12.0-15.0)

X2 = 1.45, P = 0.694

Z = -0.62, P = 0.534

Median efficiency4 (IQR)

0.05 (0.04-0.07)

0.04 (0.03-0.06)

0.05 (0.04-0.06)

0.05 (0.04-0.06)

0.05 (0.04-0.06)

X2 = 1.05, P = 0.790

Z = -0.75, P = 0.456

Self-ordered pointing test (SOPT)

Total errors

23.0 (19.0-31.0)

32.0 (22.0-35.0)

26.0 (25.0-29.0)

28.0 (24.0-36.0)

24.0 (18.0-29.0)

X2 = 3.86, P = 0.277

t = -1.44, P = 0.152

  1. aComparison among the four groups of cases using Kruskal-Wallis test; bComparison between the combined exposed groups and unexposed controls was done using Mann–Whitney U test, but student t-test for SOPT; cProportion of participants who made errors of either omission or commission.
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