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. 2012 Mar 14;7:15. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-7-15

Table 5.

Valuation of benefits and harms

Child's perspective Parents' perspective
Pompea neutral pb Pompe neutral p

false positive scenario

effect on child 1st yearc 3.47 3.29 0.205 harm to parents 2.05 1.96 0.371

effect on child lifetimec 3.60 3.50 0.502

late-onset scenario

effect on child 1st yearc 3.57 3.44 0.444 harm to parents 1.93 1.73 0.029

effect on child lifetime 3.93 3.47 0.017

harm to childd 2.41 2.18 0.011

a mean scores; measures of effect scaled 1-5, measures of harm scaled 1-3, with harm at the low end and benefit at the high end of each scale. Items in this table had between 4 and 9 missing values

b chi square test for trend

c exact chi square test for trend

d '(e.g. discrimination)'