Table 4 |
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Characteristics of 1781 Children with Autism over five year intervals |
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Age interval |
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73 – 77 |
78 – 82 |
83 – 87 |
88 – 92 |
93 – 97 |
P (for trend) |
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N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
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Male Sex |
8 |
72.7 |
12 |
80.0 |
32 |
74.4 |
55 |
80.9 |
38 |
92.7 |
.058 |
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Past or current epilepsy2 |
4 |
36.4 |
4 |
26.7 |
5 |
11.6 |
11 |
16.2 |
4 |
9.8 |
.046 |
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Phrase speech |
3 |
27.3 |
10 |
66.7 |
19 |
47.5 |
24 |
35.8 |
10 |
24.4 |
.044 |
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Normal/mild moderate Functioning |
4 |
36.4 |
9 |
60.0 |
30 |
75.0 |
45 |
71.4 |
31 |
86.1 |
.003 |
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Age of parental recognition <24 months |
8 |
80.0 |
9 |
81.8 |
30 |
85.7 |
47 |
88.7 |
34 |
91.9 |
.198 |
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Regression |
3 |
27.3 |
3 |
20.0 |
12 |
27.9 |
12 |
17.6 |
13 |
31.7 |
.789 |
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Probable/definite Language delay3 |
9 |
81.8 |
11 |
91.7 |
41 |
100.0 |
62 |
96.9 |
38 |
97.4 |
.069 |
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DSM-IV Symptoms: |
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–Mean |
6.91 |
6.00 |
8.16 |
7.62 |
8.29 |
.127 |
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–SD |
4.13 |
3.70 |
4.48 |
3.19 |
4.24 |
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1: Two children had no information about date of birth. 2: Combines definite and possible cases. 3: Mean age when language was recorded was: 7.65 years (SD: 4.39). |
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Fombonne et al. BMC Public Health 2004 4:5 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-5 |
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