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Table 1 Demographic characteristics (age, gender) and descriptive data by syndrome group

From: Using Bayesian methodology to explore the profile of mental health and well-being in 646 mothers of children with 13 rare genetic syndromes in relation to mothers of children with autism

 

AS

ASD

CdLS

DS

FXSa

PMS

PWS

RTTa

RTS

SMS

Soto

TSC

1p36

8p23

Total

n

28

66

44

29

102

31

101

87

47

20

38

71

26

22

712

Child mean age (sd, range)

10.9

3.3 (3–15)

15.5 6.5

(6–42)

12.8

8.2 (2–45)

25.4

11.8 (8–45)

15.0

8.2 (2–42)

11.3

8.4 (2–37)

12.2

8.1 (2–45)

20.1

10.2 (4–47)

21.3

10.5 (6–53)

11.6

7.2 (3–32)

15.3

9.3 (2–43)

18.8

10.7 (2–50)

10.9

8.9 (2–39)

10.8

5.5 (4–21)

15.2

9.5 (2–53)

% Male child

46.4

86.4

47.7

53.3

100

45.2

52.3

0

55.3

60

68.4

60.6

78.6

68.2

57.0

Maternal mean age (sd)

40.8

4.9

47.9

6.8

45.1

9.1

59.1

12.3

45.6

9.5

42.3

9.9

44.5

8.5

50.7

9.2

49.8

9.9

43.7

8.5

46.3

8.3

48.1

10.3

41.2

10.8

39.6

6.1

46.6

9.8

Speech % verbal

32.1

92.4

68.2

100

94.2

38.7

98

–

83

80

92.1

76.1

57.7

91.9

82.3

Hearing % normal

92.9

98.5

56.8

58.6

97.1

90.1

99.0

–

80.9

55

76.3

94.4

61.5

90.9

87.3

Vision % normal

85.7

86.4

63.6

43.3

88.3

71.0

73.3

–

51.1

75.0

73.7

88.7

26.9

45.5

74.4

Mobility % mobile

39.3

92.4

54.5

100

86.4

71

78.2

–

74.5

70

81.6

78.9

46.2

59.1

76.6

Self-help % able/partly able

14.3

89.2

40.9

90

88.2

22.6

78.2

–

80.9

60

84.2

66.2

42.3

59.1

70.4

  1. aGender distribution can be explained in these groups as only males with FXS were recruited and RTT almost exclusively affects females
  2. AS Angelman Syndrome, ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder, CdLS Cornelia de Lange syndrome, DS Down Syndrome, FXS Fragile-X Syndrome, PMS Phelan McDermid Syndrome, PWS Prader-Willi syndrome, RTT Rett Syndrome, RTS Rubenstein Taybi syndrome, SMS Smith Magenis Syndrome, TSC Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, 1p36 1p36 deletion syndrome, 8p23 8p23 deletion syndrome