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Table 3 Within group associations between DSM-5 anxiety in Cornelia de Lange and fragile X syndromes indicating co-morbidity

From: Divergent presentation of anxiety in high-risk groups within the intellectual disability population

 

Agoraphobia

Separation anxiety

Social anxiety

Selective mutism

Specific phobias

Generalised anxiety

Obsessive compulsive

Trauma and stressor-related disorders

CdLS

n = 25

n = 17

n = 26

n = 13

n = 37

n = 22

n = 13

n = 8

n (%) also scoring for:

Agoraphobia

--

11 (64.7)

19 (73.1)**

10 (76.9)

22 (59.5)

18 (81.8)***

9 (69.2)

2 (25.0)

Separation anxiety

11 (44.0)

--

11 (42.3)

3 (23.1)

17 (45.9)*

7 (31.8)

6 (46.2)

1 (12.5)

Social anxiety

19 (76.0)**

11 (64.7)

--

13 (100.0)***

22 (59.5)

15 (68.2)

10 (76.9)

3 (37.5)

Selective mutism

10 (40.0)

3 (17.6)

13 (50.0)***

--

12 (32.4)

8 (36.4)

5 (38.5)

2 (25.0)

Specific phobias

22 (88.0)

17 (100.0)*

22 (84.6)

12 (92.3)

--

19 (86.4)

13 (100)

5 (62.5)

Generalised anxiety

18 (72.0)***

7 (41.2)

15 (57.7)

8 (61.5)

19 (51.4)

--

8 (61.5)

2 (25.0)

Obsessive compulsive

9 (69.2)

6 (35.3)

10 (38.5)

5 (38.5)

13 (64.9)

8 (36.4)

--

2 (25.0)

Trauma and stressor-related disorders

2 (8.0)

1 (5.9)

3 (11.5)

2 (15.4)

5 (13.5)

2 (9.1)

2 (15.4)

--

FXS

n = 25

n = 10

n = 27

n = 5

n = 25

n = 20

n = 5

n = 4

n (%) also scoring for:

Agoraphobia

--

9 (90.0)

21 (77.8)

5 (100.0)

17 (68.0)

15 (75.0)

5 (100.0)

3 (75.0)

Separation anxiety

9 (36.0)

--

8 (29.6)

2 (40.0)

10 (40.0)*

7 (35.0)

4 (80.0)*

3 (75.0)

Social anxiety

21 (84.0)

8 (80.0)

--

5 (100.0)

17 (68.0)

17 (85.0)

5 (100.0)

3 (75.0)

Selective mutism

5 (20.0)

2 (20.0)

5 (18.5)

--

2 (8.0)

3 (15.0)

2 (40.0)

1 (25.0)

Specific phobias

17 (68.0)

10 (100.0)*

17 (63.0)

2 (40.0)

--

15 (75.0)

5 (100.0)

3 (75.0)

Generalised anxiety

15 (60.0)

7 (70.0)

17 (63.0)

3 (30.0)

15 (60.0)

--

3(60.0)

2 (50.0)

Obsessive compulsive

5 (20.0)

4 (40.0)*

5 (18.5)

2 (40.0)

5 (20.0)

3 (15.0)

--

2 (50.0)

Trauma and stressor-related disorders

3 (12.0)

3 (30.0)

3(11.1)

1 (20.0)

3 (12.0)

2 (10.0)

2 (40.0)

--

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001