Table 1 Characteristics of the human samples
From: Advanced paternal age as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders: a translational study
Variable | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
Main cohort (N = 677) | |
Sex ratio (men/women) | 365/312 |
Age | 26.02 (7.1) |
Estimated verbal IQ | 111.99 (12.24) |
Years of education | 15.87 (2.87) |
Father’s age | 31.34 (5.54) |
Mother’s age | 28.45 (4.87) |
Personality | |
 SPQ-B | |
  Cognitive-perceptual deficits | 1.31 (1.38) |
  Interpersonal deficits | 2.02 (1.79) |
  Disorganization | 1.22 (1.43) |
  SPQ-B total score | 4.56 (3.36) |
 NEO-FFI | |
  Neuroticism | 1.43 (.63) |
  Extraversion | 2.26 (.51) |
  Openness | 2.49 (.63) |
  Agreeableness | 2.48 (.67) |
  Conscientiousness | 2.59 (.58) |
Cognition | |
d2 test (KL, attention) | 192.7 (37.8) |
MWT-B (brief verbal IQ) | 30.2 (3.3) |
Trail-making-test | 28.2 (12.6) |
Semantic verbal fluency | 25.9 (5.4) |
Lexical verbal fluency | 14.4 (5.1) |
Letter-number-span | 16.6 (2.6) |
Symbol coding | 66.2 (11.2) |
Spatial span | 18.9 (3.1) |
 VLMT | |
  Learning | 58.6 (7.6) |
  Delayed recall | 12.6 (2.3) |
VBM sample (N = 342) | |
Sex ratio (men/women) | 198/144 |
Age | 27.53 (7.90) |
Estimated verbal IQ | 115.27 (12.21) |
Years of education | 13.83 (2.73) |
Father’s age | 30.67 (5.27) |
Mother’s age | 28.09 (4.86) |
DTI sample (N = 222) | |
Sex ratio (men/women) | 126/96 |
Age | 26.11 (4.87) |
Estimated verbal IQ | 114.9 (11.82) |
Father’s age | 30.56 (5.53) |
Mother’s age | 28.08 (4.92) |