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Table 3 Distribution of the children with intellectual disability in different diagnostic categories of mental retardation based on ICD - 10 criteria

From: Agreement between clinicians' and care givers' assessment of intelligence in Nigerian children with intellectual disability: 'ratio IQ' as a viable option in the absence of standardized 'deviance IQ' tests in sub-Saharan Africa

Category

Mental Retardation

IQ Range

Median IQ Scores

Mean 'Ratio IQ' Scores

Classification Based on Clinicians' Assessment

N (%)

Classification Based on 'Ratio IQ' Scores

N (%)

F 70

Mild

50 - 70

60

55.0 ± 7.1

4 (9.1)

4 (9.1)

F 71

Moderate

35 - 49

42

44.1 ± 7.3

27 (61.4)

27 (61.4)

F 72

Severe

20 - 34

27

36.1 ± 12.8

11 (25.0)

11 (25.0)

F 73

Profound

0 - 20

10

27.3 ± 15.3

2 (4.5)

2 (4.5)