Table IV.

Preferred age for learning about the possibility one could be a carrier (could have a child with fragile X syndrome)

	All Participants N= 53	Carrier n= 20	Noncarrier n= 18	At-risk n= 15
Early childhood (0–10 years)	4/ 8%	0	3/ 17%	1/ 7%
Preteen (11–13)	28/ 53%	11/ 55%	10/ 56%	7/ 47%
Teen (14- < 18)	20/38%	9/ 45%	5/ 28%	6/ 40%
≥ 18 year	1	0	0	1/ 7%
Unable to give a specific age	0	0	0	0

There was no statistical difference found in the age provided for learning about the possibility of being a carrier (p= .23, ridit analysis).