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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2012 Oct 4;205(3):269–275. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.029

Table II.

Comparison of Demographic and Clinical Information for Participants in Total Sample With and Those Without Explosive Outbursts

Do Not Have Explosive
Outbursts(N=174)
Have Explosive
Outbursts(N=44)
(X2/t, P-
value)*
Percent US participants 75.4%(N=86) 24.6%(N=28)
Percent CR participants 84.6%(N=88) 15.4%9N=16) (2.84, 0.09)

Percent Male 75.9% (N=132) 88.6% (N=39) (3.39, 0.07)

Mean age at interview (SD) 18.1 (13.2) 16.9 (10.9) (0.57, 0.57)
Socioeconomic status (Hollingshead score = 1) 10.4%(N=18) 4.4%(N=2)
Socioeconomic status (Hollingshead score = 2) 30.4%(N=53) 34.8%(N=15)
Socioeconomic status (Hollingshead score = 3) 28.8%(N=50) 34.8%(N=15)
Socioeconomic status (Hollingshead score = 4) 24.0%(N=42) 21.7%(N=9)
Socioeconomic status (Hollingshead score = 5) 6.4%(N=11) 4.4%(N=2) (1.28, 0.6)
Referred to study by medical professional 50% (N=85) 63.6% (N=28) (2.62, 0.11)

Mean age at onset of tic symptoms (SD) 6.1 (2.5) 4.8 (1.9) (3.17,
<0.001)

Mean age at onset of OC symptoms (SD) 6.9 (4.0) 7.7 (4.5) (−0.94, 0.35)
Mean age of onset of ADHD symptoms (SD) 4.9 (2.1) 4.3 (2.6) (1.31, 0.19)
Family history of tics (N=199) 76.1%(N=121) 85% (N=34) (1.47, 0.23)
Maternal family history of tics (N=164) 46.2% (N=61) 59.4% (N=19) (1.79, 0.18)
Paternal family history of tics (N=181) 55.2% (N=79) 63.2% (N=24) (0.77, 0.38)
Self injurious behavior 19.8% (N=34) 29.6% (N=13) (1.97, 0.16)
Severe self injurious behavior 1.8% (N=3) 4.6% (N=2) (F, 0.27)*

Mean tic severity (motor and phonic tic YGTSS
scores) (SD)
33.2 (8.4) 37.3 (7.2) (−2.98,
0.001)
Maternal tobacco use during pregnancy 4.1% (N=7) 11.4% (N=5) (3,60, 0.058)

Maternal alcohol and illicit drugs during 1.7% (N=3) 2.3% (N=1) (F, 1.00)*
pregnancy
Medications during pregnancy 21.2% (N=36) 14.0% (N=6) (1.13, 0.29)
Prenatal complications 12.7% (N=22) 9.1% (N=4) (0.44, 0.51)
Nuchal cord/Hypoxia 9.3% (N=16) 9.1% (N=4) (F,1.00)*
Forceps/Suction delivery 9.3% (N=16) 6.8% (N=3) (F, 0.77)*

Emergency C−Section 17.9% (N=31) 29.6%(N=13) (2.93, 0.09)

Traumatic delivery 10.5% (N=18) 15.9% (N=7) (1.01, 0.31)
Jaundice 17.3% (N=30) 15.9% (N=7) (0.05, 0.82)
Premature labor 9.8% (N=17) 22.7%(N=5) (F, 0.78)*
Fertility drugs 1.7% (N=3) 4.6% (N=2) (F, 0.27)*
Twin birth 50.0%(N=87) 50.0%(N=22) (F, 0.18) *
Birth weight (lbs) 7.14(1.3) 7.2 (1.3) (−0.26, 0.80)