Table 2 IQ and verbal fluency (VF) measures at adolescent and young adult assessments in the term and very preterm (VPT) groups (mean (SD))

	Adolescent				Young adult
	Term	VPT	t (df)	p Value	Term	VPT	t (df)	p Value
Full-scale IQ	108.8 (13.2)	99.1 (16.8)	3.37 (123)	0.001	105.3 (12.8)	96.6 (13.7)	3.56 (130)	0.001
Verbal IQ	106.8 (10.8)	97.9 (14.5)	3.66 (129)	<0.001	102.0 (13.7)	94.7 (15.9)	2.60 (132)	0.010
Performance IQ	109.5 (16.5)	100.7 (19.5)	2.53 (126)	0.012	105.5 (14.8)	99.5 (13.5)	2.63 (131)	0.010
Phonological VF	32.9 (8.9)	28.7 (9.0)	2.60 (133)	0.010	42.1 (10.7)	36.3 (10.8)	2.73 (131)	0.007
Semantic VF	19.3 (4.6)	19.9 (5.3)	−0.41 (119)	0.684	22.1 (4.8)	19.9 (5.4)	1.76 (131)	0.082

Significance testing using independent-sample t tests. p Values <0.05 are highlighted.