Table 5 Participant characteristics.

From: GABAA receptor subunit gene polymorphisms predict symptom-based and developmental deficits in Chinese Han children and adolescents with autistic spectrum disorders

Participants

Total (n)

Sex (n (frequency))

Age (year)

CARS total score

Full-scale IQ

Male

Female

ASD group

99

79 (0.80)

20 (0.20)

8.53 ± 0.42

33.30 ± 0.45

56.21 ± 1.50

 Autism

82

64 (0.78)

18 (0.22)

8.95 ± 0.47

34.43 ± 0.45

52.16 ± 1.26

  Severe autism

25

20 (0.80)

5 (0.20)

10.28 ± 0.82

39.88 ± 0.43

43.08 ± 1.83

  Mild/moderate autism

57

44 (0.77)

13 (0.23)

8.37 ± 0.56

32.04 ± 0.22

56.14 ± 1.32

 PDD-NOS

17

15 (0.88)

2 (0.12)

6.47 ± 0.76

27.88 ± 0.27

75.76 ± 3.61

TD group

231

185 (0.80)

46 (0.20)

8.44 ± 0.25

 

102.07 ± 0.51

  1. The values are expressed in mean ± SEM. ASD, autistic spectrum disorders; CARS, Childhood Autism Rating Scale; IQ, intelligent quotient; n, number; PDD-NOS, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified, SEM, standard error of the mean; TD, typically developing.
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