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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the autistic patients (N = 269, unless otherwise specified).

From: Candidate gene study of HOXB1 in autism spectrum disorder

  

Mean/median

Standard deviation

Range

Mean Age (year)

 

9.3

5.6

3-33

Median VABS scores (N = 149)

    
 

Communication

71

 

19-112

 

Daily living skills

65

 

19-107

 

Socialization

66

 

20-103

 

Motor skills

80

 

37-114

 

Composite

60

 

19-103

  

N

(%)

 

Sex

    
 

Male

242

(90.0)

 
 

Female

27

(10.0)

 
 

M/F ratio

9.0:1

  

Family type

    
 

Simplex

219

(88.7)

 
 

Multiplex

28

(11.3)

 

DSM-IV diagnosis

    
 

Autistic disorder

208

(77.3)

 
 

Asperger syndrome

22

(8.2)

 
 

PDD-NOS

39

(14.5)

 

Intellectual quotient (N = 99)

    
 

>70

38

(38.4)

 
 

≤ 70

61

(61.6)

 
  1. VABS, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales; DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; PDD-NOS, pervasive development disorder not otherwise specified.
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Molecular Autism

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