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Table 1 Demographics and Baseline Characteristics

From: The feasibility and utility of hair follicle sampling to measure FMRP and FMR1 mRNA in children with or without fragile X syndrome: a pilot study

 

FXS Participant

(N=10)

Healthy Participant

(N=5)

Overall (N=15)

Age at consent (years)

 Mean (SD)

7.0 (3.56)

8.2 (2.77)

7.4 (3.27)

 Median

6.0

9.0

7.0

 Min, Max

3, 15

4, 11

3, 15

Sex

 Female, n (%)

4 (40.0%)

3 (60.0%)

7 (46.7%)

 Male, n (%)

6 (60.0%)

2 (40.0%)

8 (53.3%)

Race

 Asian (Filipino, Korean, Laotian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese), n (%)

1 (10.0%)

-

1 (6.7%)

 Caucasian or White, n (%)

9 (90.0%)

5 (100.0%)

14 (93.3%)

Ethnicity

 Hispanic/Latino, n (%)

1 (10.0%)

-

1 (6.7%)

 Not Hispanic or Latino, n (%)

9 (90.0%)

5 (100.0%)

14 (93.3%)

Total years in formal school

 Mean (SD)

3.6 (3.03)

3.6 (1.95)

3.6 (2.64)

 Median

2.5

3.0

3.0

 Min, Max

0, 10

1, 6

0, 10

Current school year

 Pre-school, n (%)

4 ( 40.0%)

1 (20.0%)

5 (33.3%)

 Kindergarten, n (%)

1 ( 10.0%)

-

1 (6.7%)

 Grade 1, n (%)

2 ( 20.0%)

-

2 (13.3%)

 Grade 2, n (%)

-

1 (20.0%)

1 (6.7%)

 Grade 3, n (%)

-

1 (20.0%)

1 (6.7%)

 Grade 4, n (%)

1 (10.0%)

1 (20.0%)

2 (13.3%)

 Grade 6, n (%)

1 (10.0%)

1 (20.0%)

2 (13.3%)

 Grade 9, n (%)

1 (10.0%)

-

1 ( 6.7%)

Current Individualized Educational Program (IEP)

 No, n (%)

-

5 (100.0%)

5 ( 33.3%)

 Yes, n (%)

10 (100.0%)

-

10 ( 66.7%)

Number of caregivers

 1, n (%)

2 (20.0%)

-

2 (13.3%)

 2, n (%)

8 (80.0%)

5 (100.0%)

13 (86.7%)

Caregiver #1 highest education

 >2 Year College, n (%)

2 (20.0%)

-

2 (13.3%)

 >4 Year College, n (%)

8 (80.0%)

5 (100.0%)

13 (86.7%)

Caregiver #2 highest education

 >2 Year College, n (%)

2 (20.0%)

1 (20.0%)

3 (20.0%)

 >4 Year College, n (%)

6 (60.0%)

4 (80.0%)

10 (66.7%)

 No Second Caregiver, n (%)

2 (20.0%)

-

2 (13.3%)

  1. Abbreviations: Min minimum, Max maximum, n number of subjects, SD standard deviation Percentages are calculated as n/N*100. The number of subjects enrolled is used as N for all percentage calculations