Table 3.
Anxiety scale relationship with age and clinical severity
| Age | CSS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Spearman’s rho | p value | aMann-Whitney U | aAsymp. sig (two-tailed) | Spearman’s rho | p value | |
| CSS | 51 | 0.101 | 0.241 | 249.500 | 0.348 | – | – |
| RSBQ | |||||||
| Fear/Anxiety | 74 | 0.182 | 0.060 | 575.500 | 0.248 | −0.236 | 0.048 |
| ADAMS | |||||||
| Social Avoidance | 74 | −0.079 | 0.251 | 435.000 | 0.391 | −0.220 | 0.060 |
| General Anxiety | 73 | 0.120 | 0.156 | 563.000 | 0.446 | −0.331* | 0.009 |
| ABC-C | |||||||
| Lethargy/Social Withdrawal | 47 | 0.010 | 0.474 | 218.500 | 0.623 | −0.138 | 0.177 |
| Social Avoidance | 47 | 0.006 | 0.484 | 223.000 | 0.676 | −0.150 | 0.157 |
In bold, significant and trend level p values
*Adjusted for multiple [5] comparisons (excluding CSS) with Bonferroni corrections for the five anxiety-related measures, adjusted p = 0.01
aAge grouping <6 years (n = 45), >6 years (n = 29)