Table 1.
Demographic information for males and females by allelic classes
| Males | Females | Males vs. females | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM-only (n = 70) (%) | PM/FM mosaic (n = 20) (%) | p | FM-only (n = 28)a (%) | PM/FM mosaic (n = 8) (%) | p | p | |
| Seizuresb | 13.0 | 5.6 | 0.680 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.999 | 0.175 |
| Medication | |||||||
| Medicated | 44.3 | 30.0 | 0.309 | 25.9 | 0.0 | 0.166 | 0.036 |
| Stimulant | 20.0 | 10.0 | 0.508 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.999 | 0.097 |
| SSRI | 21.4 | 5.0 | 0.109 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.999 | 0.271 |
| SNRI | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.222 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.999 | 0.483 |
| Benzodiazepines | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.222 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.999 |
| Anti-psychotic | 11.4 | 10.0 | 0.999 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.999 | 0.180 |
| Anticonvulsant | 7.1 | 5.0 | 0.999 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.999 | 0.672 |
| Adrenergic alpha agonist | 4.3 | 5.0 | 0.999 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.999 | 0.999 |
| Melatonin | 8.6 | 0.0 | 0.333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.999 | 0.184 |
| Ethnicityc | |||||||
| Australian/European | 36.2 | 55.0 | 0.407 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 0.219 | 0.076 |
| Mestizo | 46.4 | 35.0 | 18.5 | 50.0 | |||
| Other* | 17.4 | 10.0 | 14.8 | 0.0 | |||
aDemographic information was not available for one female with FM-only
bSeizure information was missing for 2 males with FM-only and 1 male with PM/FM mosaicism
cEthinicty was missing for one male with FM-only
*Other ethnicity included Australian Aboriginal, Asian (Southern/South East), Middle Eastern, Polynesian, European (southern/northwest), American Indian, multi-ethnic and not disclosed. All p values computed using Fisher’s exact test