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Table 2 Means, medians, S.D.s, and range on IQ measurements after radiotherapy (9–139 months)

From: Neurocognition and mean radiotherapy dose to vulnerable brain structures: new organs at risk?

Cognitive measures

After radiotherapy (n = 35)

n

M

Mdn

S.D

Range

Full scale IQ**

29

90.52

89.00

17.28

61–123

VRI*

30

93.73

91.50

16.16

67–136

 Similarities

33

9.73

9.00

3.45

4–18

 Vocabulary***

34

8.15

8.50

2.69

2–14

PRI

30

97.73

97.50

18.84

67–129

 Matrix reasoning

32

9.94

9.50

3.28

4–17

 Block design

32

9.91

10.00

3.16

2–17

WMI***

30

88.40

89.00

16.42

56–132

 Digit span**

34

8.44

9.00

2.78

3–15

  Forward**

31

8.48

9.00

3.00

3–14

  Backward

31

9.06

9.00

3.00

3–15

 Letter-number-sequencing*

20

8.05

9.00

3.67

1–16

PSI***

32

84.50

86.00

17.00

53–115

 Coding***

33

6.42

7.00

3.46

1–14

 Symbol search***

30

7.57

7.00

3.12

1–14

  1. VRI Verbal Reasoning Index, PRI Perceptual Reasoning Index, WMI Working Memory Index, PSI Processing Speed Index
  2. *P < 0.05 for one sample t test (normative mean of 100 and SD of 15 for IQ index and normative mean of 10 and SD of 3 for subtests)
  3. **P<0.01
  4. ***P<0.001