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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2013 Jun 27;163(4):1085–1094. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.05.037

Table I.

Physical features, services received, and medical and psychiatric diagnoses in XYY males, by prenatal vs postnatal ascertainment

Prenatal Postnatal Combined P value* Prevalence in childhood
N 35 55 90
Age, y 8.2 ± 5.4 10.5 ± 5.1 9.6 ± 5.3 .05
(mean ± SD, range) 0.5-21.5 2.8-36.5 0.5-36.5
SES 52 ± 10 47 ± 11 49 ± 11 .05
Measurements
    Height SDS (mean ± SDS) 0.9 ± 1.3 1.0 ± 1.2 1.0 ± 1.2 .72
    Weight SDS 0.6 ± 1.4 0.9 ± 1.2 0.8 ± 1.3 .40
    BMISDS 0.5 ± 1.1 0.5 ± 1.2 0.5 ± 1.2 .95
    HC SDS 1.3 ± 1.6 1.3 ± 1.7 1.3 ± 1.6 .97
    WC >90 percentile for age 19% 19% 19% 10%
    Testicular volume SDS (right) 2.0 ± 2.5 2.1 ± 2.2 2.0 ± 2.3 .88
    Penile length SDS —0.6 ± 1.4 —0.5 ± 1.4 —0.5 ± 1.4 .76
Features
    Hypotonia 51% 71% 63% .08
    Low musculature 20% 20% 20% .99
    Clinodactyly 46% 57% 52% .39 <10%
    Hypertelorism 53% 64% 59% .38
    Tremor 41% 45% 43% .83 0.1%-22%
    Dental problems 29% 18% 22% .30
    Flat feet 44% 59% 53% .19
    Scoliosis 9% 16% 13% .36 4%
Services
    OT or PT 59% 70% 66% .36
    Other special education 23% 52% 43% .01
    Speech therapy 64% 94% 83% .01
Medical diagnoses
    Motor delay/dyspraxia 23% 18% 20% .60 <5%
    Asthma 44% 36% 39% .51 9.6%
    Seizures 3% 20% 13% .03 1%
Psychiatric diagnoses
    ADD or ADHD 40% 60% 52% .08 2%-16%
    Verbal or motor tic 18% 18% 18% .99 5%-10%
    Oppositional defiant 6% 5% 6% .99 1%-16%
    Depression 11% 15% 13% .76 <1%
    Anxiety 17% 31% 26% .22 15%-20%
    ASD/pervasive Developmental disorder 11% 40% 29% .004 1%
    Bipolar 0% 13% 8% .04 0.4%-6.3%

OT,occupational therapy; PT,physical therapy; ADD, attention deficit disorder; N, number. Bolded values are P < .05.

*

Pvalue, prenatal vs postnatal.