Table 2.
Classic RTT | |||||||
Diagnostician | Number | Percent |
Median Age (y) |
Interquartile Range |
Minimum Age |
Maximum Age |
Mean Rank* |
Pediatrician | 48 | 5.2% | 2.4 | 1.8–3.5 | 1.2 | 18.1 | 379.4 |
Developmental pediatrician | 273 | 29.7% | 3.0 | 2.0–4.2 | 0.6 | 34.1 | 465.0 |
Neurologist | 324 | 35.3% | 2.7 | 2.0–4.4 | 0.8 | 31.0 | 446.0 |
Geneticist | 204 | 22.2% | 2.5 | 2.0–3.5 | 0.9 | 40.0 | 415.6 |
Other specialist | 23 | 2.5% | 2.8 | 2.1–4.5 | 1.5 | 14.8 | 465.8 |
Other primary care provider | 2 | 0.2% | n.c. | n.c. | 3.1 | 20.0 | 703.8 |
Family member or teacher | 12 | 1.3% | 3.3 | 2.0–13.7 | 1.3 | 53.0 | 530.3 |
Missing | 16 | 1.7% | |||||
Overall | 919 | 100.0% | 2.7 | 2.0–4.1 | 0.6 | 53.0 | |
Atypical RTT | |||||||
Diagnostician | Number | Percent |
Median Age (y) |
Interquartile Range |
Minimum Age |
Maximum Age |
Mean Rank* |
Pediatrician | 4 | 2.4% | 5.7 | 1.6–35.4 | 1.5 | 44.1 | 84.0 |
Developmental pediatrician | 50 | 30.1% | 5.1 | 2.5–8.1 | 1.4 | 37.1 | 90.1 |
Neurologist | 55 | 33.1% | 3.5 | 2.4–6.1 | 1.0 | 30.8 | 76.5 |
Geneticist | 44 | 26.5% | 2.9 | 2.1–5.1 | 0.7 | 27.0 | 67.2 |
Other specialist | 3 | 1.8% | 7.0 | n.c. | 5.3 | 10.0 | 120.8 |
Other primary care provider | 1 | 0.6% | 25.8 | n.c. | n.c. | n.c. | 154.0 |
Family member or teacher | 1 | 0.6% | 8.0 | n.c. | n.c. | n.c. | 128.0 |
Missing | 8 | 4.8% | |||||
Overall | 166 | 100.0% | 3.8 | 2.3–6.9 | 0.7 | 44.0 |
p = .06, n.c. = not calculated