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

Table 8 Relationship between FMRP levels and OWLS-II score at visit 1 — Pearson correlation coefficients

		OWLS-II Listening Comprehension subscale			OWLS-II Oral Expression subscale
Group	Collection type	n	Pearson’s r	p-value	Pearson’s r	p-value
FXS participant (N = 9)	Hair follicle	9	0.384	0.307	0.619	0.076
FXS participant (N = 9)	Blood	7	0.774	0.041	0.777	0.040
Healthy participant (N = 5)	Hair follicle	5	−0.430	0.470	0.596	0.288
Healthy participant (N = 5)	Blood	5	−0.071	0.910	−0.731	0.160

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