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Table 3 Medical scores by age group: children, teenagers, and adults

From: Should autism spectrum disorder be considered part of CHARGE syndrome? A cross-sectional study of 46 patients

 

Children

(0–9 years)

Teenagers

(10–18 years)

Adults

(> 18 years)

Chi2

Pa

Score

(n = 33)

(n = 22)

(n = 9)

Global somatic severity

5.70 (2.07)

5.60 (2.21)

6.22 (1.99)

0.62

0.7321

Medical gravity during the first year

1.10 (0.87)

1.47 (1.39)

2.00 (1.10)

4.93

0.0853

Brain anomalies

1.94 (1.06)

1.85 (1.14)

2.13 (1.36)

0.21

0.9015

Hearing loss

1.88 (1.48)

2.16 (1.61)

1.64 (1.36)

0.65

0.7235

Visual impairment

0.63 (0.89)

0.60 (0.82)

0.89 (0.93)

0.83

0.6596

  1. Data are mean (SD)
  2. aKruskal-Wallis test