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Table 1 Population demographics

From: Co-occurring conditions in children with Down syndrome and autism: a retrospective study

 

All (N=562)

DS+ASD (N=72)

DS-only (N=490)

Sex (n, %)

 Male

316 (56.2%)

52 (72.2%)

264 (53.9%)

Diagnosis (n, %)

 Trisomy 21

541 (96.3%)

66 (91.7%)

475 (96.9%)

 Mosaic

8 (1.4%)

4 (5.6%)

4 (0.8%)

 Translocation

10 (1.8%)

1 (1.4%)

9 (1.8%)

 Unknown

3 (0.5%)

1 (1.4%)

2 (0.5%)

Age (years)

 Median

10

11

10

 IQR

7.74

8.14

7.47

 Mean

10.39

11.74

10.19

 Standard deviation

5.04

5.06

5.02

Race/ethnicity (n, %)

 White

382 (68.0%)

46 (63.9%)

336 (68.6%)

 Black

42 (7.5%)

5 (6.9%)

37 (7.6%)

 Asian

20 (3.6%)

2 (2.8%)

18 (3.8%)

 Native Alaskan/American Indian

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian

1 (0.2%)

1 (1.4%)

0 (0%)

 Multiple races reported

1 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.2%)

 Other

68 (12.1%)

13 (18.1%)

55 (11.2%)

 No answer

48 (8.5%)

5 (6.9%)

43 (8.8%)

Primary language (n, %)

 English

514 (91.5%)

69 (95.8%)

445 (90.8%)

 Spanish

24 (4.3%)

2 (2.8%)

22 (4.5%)

 Portuguese

8 (1.4%)

1 (1.4%)

7 (1.4%)

 Other

14 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

13 (2.7%)

 No answer

3 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

3 (0.6%)

Annual household income (n, %)

 < $34,282

28 (5.0%)

4 (5.6%)

24 (4.5%)

 $34,282–$54,850

217 (38.6%)

29 (40.3%)

188 (38.4%)

 $54,850–$82,276

245 (43.6%)

33 (45.8%)

212 (43.3%)

 >$82,276

70 (12.5%)

6 (8.3%)

64 (13.1%)

 No answer

2 (3.6%)

0 (0%)

2 (0.4%)