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Table 1 Participant characteristics and sample sizes

From: Quantitative trait variation in ASD probands and toddler sibling outcomes at 24 months

 

Probands (n = 385)

Siblings

ASD (n = 89)

No-ASD (n = 296)

Chi squarea

n

%

n

%

n

%

χ2

p

Sex

      

14.69

0.0001

 Female

53

13.8

20

22.5

136

46.0

  

 Male

332

86.2

69

77.5

160

54.0

  

Child race

      

10.97

0.6887

 Asian

3

0.8

1

1.1

3

1.0

  

 Black

12

3.1

3

3.4

10

3.4

  

 More than one race

36

9.4

13

14.6

26

8.8

  

 White

300

77.9

69

69.7

233

78.7

  

 Not answered

34

8.8

10

11.2

24

8.1

  

Maternal education

      

4.03

0.1336

 No college

125

32.5

36

40.5

91

30.7

  

 College degree

153

39.7

28

31.5

125

42.2

  

 Graduate degree

94

24.4

23

25.8

71

24.0

  

 Missing

11

2.86

2

2.2

9

3.04

  

Number of assessmentsb

        

 ADI-R

372

96.6

86

96.6

281

94.9

  

 ADOS

75

84.3

261

88.2

  

 MSEL

87

97.8

295

99.7

  

 SCQ

346

89.9

  

 VABS-II

331

86.0

85

95.5

291

98.3

  
  1. aComparison between siblings with and without a diagnosis of ASD
  2. bNumber of participants with at least one of the scales of interest from each assessment