Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics of Study Variables
| Parents of children with disabilities |
Parents in the comparison group |
t-value / Χ2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mean (s.d.) (n = 785) |
mean (s.d.) (n = 4843) |
||
| Background Characteristics | |||
| Gender (1 = female) [%] | 56.2% | 49.8% | [Χ2 = 11.1***] |
| Age in years (in 2011) | 71.2 (4.0) | 71.0 (4.0) | 1.00 |
| Years of education | 14.2 (2.6) | 13.9 (2.4) | 3.96*** |
| Phenotypic Characteristics | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.1 (5.9) | 28.5 (5.3) | 2.38* |
| # health symptoms | 5.8 (3.6) | 4.8 (3.4) | 6.53*** |
| Limitations in physical activitiesa | 1.49 (.67) | 1.43 (.63) | 2.37* |
| Limitations in climbing several flights of stairsa | 1.73 (.73) | 1.62 (.70) | 3.66*** |
| Limitations in cognitive functioningb | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.8 (1.1) | 2.31* |
| Depressive symptoms | 8.6 (8.0) | 7.5 (7.0) | 3.60*** |
| Anxiety symptoms | 8.0 (8.4) | 6.6 (7.2) | 4.21*** |
| Age at menopause (females) | 50.3 (4.9) | 50.8 (5.1) | −1.46 |
| CGG Repeat Length c | |||
| CGG repeats: Males | mode/median = 30 mean = 29.0 (5.7) range = 13 – 58 (n=344) |
mode/median = 30 mean = 29.4 (5.7) range = 8 – 79 (n=2432) |
-1.44 |
| CGG repeats: Females | mode/median = 30 mean = 29.0 (9.0) range =13 – 127 (n=441) |
mode/median = 30 mean = 29.9 (7.2) range = 10 – 134 (n=2411) |
0.51 |
Note
a
1 = not limited, 2 = limited little, 3 = limited a lot
b
1 = Able to remember most things, think clearly and solve day to day problems, 2 = Able to remember most things, but have a little difficulty when trying to think and solve day to day problems.… 6 = Unable to remember anything at all, and unable to think or solve day to day problems.
c
CGG repeats number before being Winsorized at 60.