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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2016 Feb 26;137(3):1–8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-3223

TABLE 3.

Anxiety and Depression t Scores by Sex and Sample

Transgender Controls Siblings P
(n = 73) (n = 73) (n = 49)
Depression 50.1 48.4 49.3 .320
Anxiety 54.2a 50.9 52.3 .057
Depression by genderb .979c
  Natal boys 49.8 (trans-girls) 48.0 48.9
  Natal girls 50.8 (trans-boys) 48.5 49.9
Anxiety by gender .664c
  Natal boys 53.7 51.1 52.8
  Natal girls 55.3 50.8 51.5
a

This is the only value that is significantly above the national average (50), although it is still substantially below the clinical (>63) or even preclinical (>60) range.

b

Transgender children who are natal boys and live with a female gender presentation are often called transgender girls or trans-girls; transgender children who are natal girls living with a male gender presentation are often called transgender boys or trans-boys.

c

Significance value of interaction between natal sex and group.