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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2003 Apr;46(2):261–272. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2003/021)

Table 7.

The distribution of 3-year-old children from low-language and normal-language groups by family history of SLI, gender, and family medical history.

Variable Low- language group (n= 13) Normal- language Group (n= 79) χ2 p
Family history
 FH+ (n = 32) 9 23
 FH− (n = 60) 4 56 7.92 .01
Gender
 Male (n = 44)
  FH+ (n = 17) 6 11
  FH− (n = 27) 2 25 5.45 .02
 Female (n = 48)
  FH+ (n = 15) 3 12
  FH− (n = 33) 2 31 2.15 .14
Autoimmune disease
 Yes 6 15
 No 7 64 4.55 .03
Asthma
 Yes 2 10
 No 9 47 0.00 .96