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Table 3 Correlation between executive functions and clinical variables of the seizure

From: The ability of executive functions to predict deterioration in social abstraction in adolescents with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

 

Executive function

Correlation coefficient

Duration of illness

Planning

− 0.076

Cognitive flexibility

− 0.615a

Inhibition

− 0.723a

Verbal fluency

− 0.211

Frequency of seizures per year

Planning

− 0.0471

Cognitive flexibility

− 0.557a

Inhibition

− 0.092

Verbal fluency

− 0.002

Last fit

Planning

0.452a

Cognitive flexibility

0.556a

Inhibition

0.721a

Verbal fluency

0.436a

  1. Correlation coefficient (0=no correlation, −1 or +1=perfect correlation, between ±0.50 and ±1=strong correlation, between ±0.30 and ±0.49=moderate correlation, between zero and 0.29=weak correlation)
  2. aSignificant at 0.05