Table 5.
The Clinical Characteristics for Different Age & Gender Groups (N = 367)
| Groups | Younger Group Mean (SD) | Older Group Mean (SD) |
P Value (Younger vs. Older) |
Male Group Mean (SD) | Female Group Mean (SD) |
P Value (Male vs. Female)) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Total | 12.49(4.090) | 13.77(3.855) | −2.536* | 13.08(3.840) | 11.61(4.719) | 2.804** |
| Phonic Total | 6.18(5.486) | 6.48(5.775) | −0.442 | 6.52(5.522) | 5.18(5.548) | 1.863 |
| Motor and phonic Total | 18.67(6.264) | 20.25(7.214) | −1.96 | 19.59(6.425) | 16.78(6.355) | 3.369** |
| Impairment total | 2.01(4.099) | 4.82(6.507) | −3.727** | 2.87(5.031) | 1.76(4.174) | 1.751 |
| YGTSS Total | 20.64(7.897) | 25.07(11.282) | − 3.347** | 22.46(8.957) | 18.41(8.231) | 3.535** |
| PUTS Total | 12.63(3.024) | 13.41(3.579) | −1.969 | 13.00(3.202) | 12.07(2.944) | 2.266* |
| Compulsive Behaviors | 2.34(3.505) | 3.84(4.218) | −2.966** | 2.74(3.819) | 2.43(3.348) | 0.635 |
| Obsessive Thoughts | 1.04(2.534) | 2.18(3.810) | −2.570** | 1.31(2.906) | 1.26(2.924) | 0.133 |
| CY-BOCS Total | 3.31(4.533) | 6.02(6.468) | −3.571** | 3.99(5.215) | 3.69(4.927) | 0.443 |
Note: SD Standard Deviation, YGTSS Motor Score Yale Global Tic Severity Scale Total Motor Tic Score, YGTSS Phonic Score Yale Global Tic Severity Scale Total Phonic Tic Score, YGTSS Total Score Yale Global Tic Severity Scale Global Severity Score, Impairment Score Yale Global Tic Severity Scale Overall Impairment Score, PUTS Total Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale Total Score, CY-BOCS Total Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Total Score, N/A Not applicable; *: p < 0.05. **: p < 0.01