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Table 1 Demographic information for males and females by allelic classes

From: Intellectual functioning and behavioural features associated with mosaicism in fragile X syndrome

 

Males

Females

Males vs. females

FM-only (n = 70) (%)

PM/FM mosaic (n = 20) (%)

p

FM-only (n = 28)a (%)

PM/FM mosaic (n = 8) (%)

p

p

Seizuresb

13.0

5.6

0.680

3.7

0.0

0.999

0.175

Medication

 Medicated

44.3

30.0

0.309

25.9

0.0

0.166

0.036

 Stimulant

20.0

10.0

0.508

7.4

0.0

0.999

0.097

 SSRI

21.4

5.0

0.109

11.1

0.0

0.999

0.271

 SNRI

0.0

5.0

0.222

3.7

0.0

0.999

0.483

 Benzodiazepines

0.0

5.0

0.222

0.0

0.0

-

0.999

 Anti-psychotic

11.4

10.0

0.999

3.7

0.0

0.999

0.180

 Anticonvulsant

7.1

5.0

0.999

3.7

0.0

0.999

0.672

 Adrenergic alpha agonist

4.3

5.0

0.999

3.7

0.0

0.999

0.999

 Melatonin

8.6

0.0

0.333

0.0

0.0

0.999

0.184

Ethnicityc

 Australian/European

36.2

55.0

0.407

66.7

50.0

0.219

0.076

 Mestizo

46.4

35.0

 

18.5

50.0

  

 Other*

17.4

10.0

 

14.8

0.0

  
  1. aDemographic information was not available for one female with FM-only
  2. bSeizure information was missing for 2 males with FM-only and 1 male with PM/FM mosaicism
  3. cEthinicty was missing for one male with FM-only
  4. *Other ethnicity included Australian Aboriginal, Asian (Southern/South East), Middle Eastern, Polynesian, European (southern/northwest), American Indian, multi-ethnic and not disclosed. All p values computed using Fisher’s exact test