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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 11.
Published in final edited form as: Res Autism Spectr Disord. 2009 JULY-SEPTEMBER;3(3):10.1016/j.rasd.2008.12.004. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.12.004

Table 5. Clinical and Genetic characteristics of InterRett Subjects compared with the ARSD.

ARSD InterRett
(complete)
InterRett
(≥1976)
Clinical severity n 164 372 354
Median 16 15 15
p value 0.039a 0.043a

MECP2 Genetic test performed n 290 982 915
Yes (%) 90.3 91.2 91.4
No (%) 9.7 8.8 8.6
Overall χ2 p value 0.638a 0.594a

Results of MECP2 test n 260 922 723
Negative (%) 21.2 22.9 23.6
Positive (%) 78.8 77.1 76.4
Overall χ2 p value 0.560a 0.412a

Types of MECP2 mutations present n 205 596 552
R106W (%) 3.9 3.5 3.4
R133C (%) 7.8 6.4 6.3
R168X (%) 11.2 10.1 10.5
R255X (%) 7.3 11.1 11.8
T158M (%) 10.7 12.4 12.3
R306C (%) 6.8 7.1 6.2
R294X (%) 8.8 5.7 5.6
R270X (%) 8.8 7.7 8.0
Large Del (%) 6.3 3.4 3.6
Other (%) 29.3 32.7 32.3
Overall χ2 p value 0.358a 0.385a
a

when compared to the ARSD