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Table 3 Percentages of parents who met the criteria for BAP in the two parental groups

From: Broad autism phenotype features of Chinese parents with autistic children and their associations with severity of social impairment in probands

  

Fathers

     

Mothers

    
 

Numbers in PCA

Percentages in PCA (%)

Numbers in PTC

Percentages in PTC (%)

χ2

p-value

Numbers in PCA

Percentages in PCA (%)

Numbers in PTC

Percentages in PTC (%)

χ2

p-value

Self-report BAPQ

            

Aloof personality

29

9.7

11

4

7.1

0.008

60

20.1

35

12.8

5.5

0.019

Pragmatic language

56

18.7

23

8.4

12.8

<0.001

75

25.1

55

20.1

2

0.153

Rigidity personality

21

7

13

4.7

1.3

0.249

39

13

18

6.6

6.7

0.01

Total score

27

9

10

3.6

6.9

0.009

87

29.1

48

17.5

10.6

0.001

Informant-report BAPQ

            

Aloof personality

18

6

10

3.6

1.7

0.189

57

19.1

31

11.3

6.6

0.01

Pragmatic language

59

19.7

28

10.2

10

0.002

76

25.4

43

15.7

8.2

0.004

Rigidity personality

26

8.7

9

3.3

7.3

0.007

22

7.4

13

4.7

1.7

0.192

Total score

33

11

13

4.7

7.7

0.006

64

21.4

28

10.2

13.3

<0.001

Best-estimate BAPQ

            

Aloof personality

24

8

6

2.2

9.8

0.002

63

21.1

35

12.8

6.9

0.008

Pragmatic language

63

21.1

27

9.9

13.6

<0.001

97

32.4

60

21.9

8

0.005

Rigidity personality

19

6.4

8

2.9

3.8

0.053

23

7.7

12

4.4

2.7

0.098

Total score

39

13

8

2.9

19.5

<0.001

92

30.8

57

20.8

7.4

0.007

  1. BAP: Broad Autism Phenotype; BAPQ: Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire; PCA: parents of children with autism; PTC: parents of typically developing children.
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