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Table 3 Anxiety scale relationship with age and clinical severity

From: Anxiety-like behavior in Rett syndrome: characteristics and assessment by anxiety scales

  

Age

CSS

 

N

Spearman’s rho

p value

aMann-Whitney U

aAsymp. sig (two-tailed)

Spearman’s rho

p value

CSS

51

0.101

0.241

249.500

0.348

RSBQ

       

 Fear/Anxiety

74

0.182

0.060

575.500

0.248

−0.236

0.048

ADAMS

       

 Social Avoidance

74

−0.079

0.251

435.000

0.391

−0.220

0.060

 General Anxiety

73

0.120

0.156

563.000

0.446

−0.331*

0.009

ABC-C

       

 Lethargy/Social Withdrawal

47

0.010

0.474

218.500

0.623

−0.138

0.177

 Social Avoidance

47

0.006

0.484

223.000

0.676

−0.150

0.157

  1. In bold, significant and trend level p values
  2. *Adjusted for multiple [5] comparisons (excluding CSS) with Bonferroni corrections for the five anxiety-related measures, adjusted p = 0.01
  3. aAge grouping <6 years (n = 45), >6 years (n = 29)