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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2006 Sep 5;141B(6):615–622. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30344

Table 3.

Sex differences in the prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders in children with WS

Diagnosis Male Female χ2
(N=54) % (N=65) %
ADHD 38 70.4 39 60.0 χ2(1)=1.39, p=.24
Inattentive 26 48.1 27 41.5
Combined or Hyperactive-Impulsive 12 22.2 12 18.5 χ2(2)=4.60, p=.20a
Separation anxiety 5 9.3 3 4.4 Fisher exact p=.47
Specific phobia 29 53.7 35 53.8 χ2(1)<0.001, p=.99
GAD 4 7.4 10 15.4 χ2(1)=1.81, p=.18
a

Type of ADHD as a function of sex