Association of verbal and non-verbal theory of mind abilities with non-coding variants of OXTR in youth with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing individuals: a case-control study

Table 1 Association analysis of rs2268498/rs53576 × ASD/TD with Happé’s strange stories test variables

SNP	Variable	Mean (± SD)		Df	Sum of Squares	R²	F	p-value*
SNP	Variable	ASD	TD	Df	Sum of Squares	R²	F	p-value*
rs2268498	Unlinked stories	6.886 ± 3.828	9.977 ± 2.592	1	0.004	9.800 × 10^− 4	0.093	0.833
	Human stories	5.386 ± 4.166	11.659 ± 2.010	1	0.173	0.039	3.816	0.057
	ToM stories	5 ± 4.393	13.204 ± 2.097	1	0.364	0.083	8.014	0.003
	Residual			84	3.819	0.875
	Total			87	4.361	1.000
rs53576	Unlinked stories	6.886 ± 3.828	9.977 ± 2.592	1	0.016	0.003	0.463	0.527
	Human stories	5.386 ± 4.166	11.659 ± 2.010	1	0.058	0.012	1.611	0.196
	ToM stories	5 ± 4.393	13.204 ± 2.097	1	1.619	0.342	44.821	≤ 0.001
	Residual			84	3.034	0.641
	Total			87	4.728	1.000

SD = standard deviation, df = degree of freedom
Note: Significant p-values (p-values which are less than 0.05 with 95% CI are highlighted in bold)

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