Table 5.

Distribution of Children Showing ANS Reactivity to Challenges by ANS Difference Scores – Community Children and Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

	Study 1 % of Community Children (n = 32)	Study 2 % of Children with SCD (n = 33)
Domain - RSA
Social*	84	39
Cognitive	66	42
Sensory*	78	47
Emotion	22	37
Overall	59	45
Domain - PEP
Social*	20	50
Cognitive	20	37
Sensory	27	32
Emotion	27	44
Overall	27	38

Notes. Overall difference scores = mean of social, cognitive, sensory and emotion domains minus rest (Story 1).

^*p < .05, Values based on chi-square analyses