Table 3 Rates of impairment on measures of autistic traits, empathy and emotion recognition in EP young adults & term-born controls
From: Extremely preterm birth and autistic traits in young adulthood: the EPICure study
Extremely preterm | Term-born controls | EP vs controls Unadjusted | EP vs controls Adjusted for age, sex & SES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
%(n/N) | %(n/N) | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | |
Empathy Quotienta | ||||||
Total score | ||||||
High empathy | 69.6% (71/102) | 90.0% (54/60) | – | – | – | – |
Low empathy | 30.4% (31/102) | 10.0% (6/60) | 3.93 (1.53, 10.09) | 0.004+ | 3.48 (1.32, 9.18) | 0.012+ |
BAPQ b | ||||||
Mean aloof | ||||||
Present | 19.7% (23/117) | 4.9% (3/61) | 4.73 (1.36, 16.46) | 0.015 | 4.72 (1.26, 17.62) | 0.021 |
Mean rigid | ||||||
Present | 27.4% (31/113) | 11.5% (7/61) | 2.92 (1.20, 7.10) | 0.018 | 2.53 (1.01, 6.34) | 0.047 |
Mean pragmatic | ||||||
Present | 39.8% (45/113) | 13.1% (8/61) | 4.38 (1.91, 10.09) | 0.001+ | 4.49 (1.81, 11.12) | 0.001+ |
Mean total score | ||||||
Present | 31.2% (34/109) | 8.5% (5/59) | 4.90 (1.80, 13.33) | 0.002+ | 4.87 (1.67, 14.15) | 0.004+ |
FEFA2c | ||||||
Total | ||||||
High recognition | 69.9% (86/123) | 95.2% (60/63) | – | – | – | – |
Low recognition | 30.1% (37/123) | 4.8% (3/63) | 8.60 (2.54, 29.20) | 0.001+ | 8.26 (2.39, 28.47) | 0.001+ |
Happy | ||||||
High recognition | 94.3% (116/123) | 96.8% (61/63) | – | – | – | – |
Low recognition | 5.7% (7/123) | 3.2% (2/63) | 1.84 (0.37, 9.13) | 0.455 | 2.19 (0.42, 11.45) | 0.354 |
Sad | ||||||
High recognition | 88.6% (109/123) | 96.8% (61/63) | – | – | – | – |
High recognition | 11.4% (14/123) | 3.2% (2/63) | 3.92 (0.86, 17.81) | 0.077 | 3.77 (0.80, 17.76) | 0.093 |
Fear | ||||||
High recognition | 90.2% (111/123) | 98.4% (62/63) | – | – | – | – |
Low recognition | 9.8% (12/123) | 1.6% (1/63) | 6.70 (0.85, 52.78) | 0.071 | 6.80 (0.85, 54.38) | 0.071 |
Angry | ||||||
High recognition | 79.7% (98/123) | 96.8% (61/63) | – | – | – | – |
Low recognition | 20.3% (25/123) | 3.2% (2/63) | 7.78 (1.78, 34.02) | 0.006 | 6.67 (1.50, 29.64) | 0.013 |
Surprised | ||||||
High recognition | 91.1% (112/123) | 93.7% (59/63) | – | – | – | – |
Low recognition | 8.9% (11/123) | 6.3% (4/63) | 1.45 (0.44, 4.75) | 0.541 | 1.47 (0.43, 4.98) | 0.540 |
Disgusted | ||||||
High recognition | 76.4% (94/123) | 96.8% (61/63) | – | – | – | – |
Low recognition | 23.6% (29/123) | 3.2% (2/63) | 9.41 (2.17, 40.87) | 0.003+ | 10.52 (2.35, 47.05) | 0.002+ |
Neutral | ||||||
High recognition | 89.4% (110/123) | 93.7% (59/63) | – | – | – | – |
Low recognition | 10.6% (13/123) | 6.3% (4/63) | 1.74 (0.54, 5.59) | 0.350 | 1.62 (0.48, 5.42) | 0.437 |