Table 1.
Descriptive statistics
| |
Combined group |
Girls |
Boys |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | M | SD | Range | n | M | SD | Range | n | M | SD | range | Cohen’s D |
| fT level (nmol/L)** |
35 |
0.58 |
0.45 |
0.05 to 2.28 |
20 |
0.34 |
0.23 |
0.05 to 0.95 |
15 |
0.91 |
0.47 |
0.42 to 2.28 |
1.54 |
| fE level (nmol/L) |
35 |
0.28 |
0.18 |
0.14 to 1.15 |
20 |
0.24 |
0.08 |
0.14 to 0.45 |
15 |
0.34 |
0.25 |
0.18 to 1.15 |
0.54 |
| pT level (nmol/L) |
35 |
0.17 |
0.06 |
0.02 to 0.29 |
20 |
0.18 |
0.07 |
0.02 to 0.29 |
15 |
0.16 |
0.05 |
0.04 to 0.23 |
0.31 |
| Gestational age (weeks) |
35 |
16.70 |
1.47 |
13 to 21.2 |
19 |
16.62 |
0.90 |
15 to 18.1 |
14 |
16.82 |
2.04 |
13 to 21.2 |
0.13 |
| Child age (months) |
35 |
19.34 |
2.93 |
18 to 35 |
20 |
19.10 |
1.33 |
18 to 23 |
15 |
19.67 |
4.27 |
18 to 35 |
0.18 |
| Maternal age (years) |
35 |
36.54 |
4.74 |
21 to 46 |
20 |
37.75 |
3.84 |
33 to 46 |
15 |
34.93 |
5.44 |
21 to 45 |
0.60 |
| Parental education (1–5) |
35 |
3.41 |
0.90 |
1.5 to 5 |
20 |
3.30 |
0.89 |
1.5 to 4.5 |
15 |
3.57 |
0.92 |
2 to 5 |
0.30 |
| Q-CHAT score** | 35 | 27.03 | 8.62 | 10 to 43 | 20 | 23.95 | 8.62 | 10 to 43 | 15 | 31.13 | 6.94 | 14 to 40 | 0.92 |
*Indicates raw values.
* Sex difference is significant at the P <0.05 level.
** Sex difference is significant at the P <0.01 level.