Research Article
Autistic, Aberrant, and Food-Related Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome: The Effects of Age and Genotype
Table 4
PARS total scores and subscores in the groups and comparison of the two age groups.
| | Total | DEL | mUPD | value | | Adolescents () | Young adults () | Adolescents () | Young adults () | Adolescents () | Young Adults () | Total | DEL | mUPD | | Median | Median | Median | Median | Median | Median | | (Q1; Q3) | (Q1; Q3) | (Q1; Q3) | (Q1; Q3) | (Q1; Q3) | (Q1; Q3) |
| | Total score | 9.5 (8; 15.75) | 14 (10; 21) | 8.5 (8; 16.5) | 13 (9; 18) | 10 (7.75; 17.5) | 21 (18.5; 27.5) | 0.021 | 0.134 | 0.056 | | Subscore | | Interpersonal skills | 1 (0; 2) | 2 (1; 4) | 1 (0; 2) | 2 (1; 3) | 2 (0; 2.5) | 4 (2; 7) | 0.008 | 0.022 | 0.056 | | Communication | 4 (3; 5.75) | 4 (3.5; 6) | 4 (3.75; 6.25) | 4 (3; 5) | 3 (2.75; 5.75) | 5 (4; 7.25) | 0.535 | 0.701 | 0.093 | | Obsession | 2 (1; 3) | 3 (2; 4) | 2 (1; 3) | 2 (1; 4) | 1.5 (0.75; 4) | 4 (2; 5) | 0.037 | 0.169 | 0.093 | | Problematic behaviors | 3 (1; 5) | 5 (2; 8) | 3 (1; 5.25) | 4 (2; 7) | 3.5 (0.75; 6.5) | 8 (5.75; 9) | 0.115 | 0.397 | 0.093 | | Hypersensitivity | 1 (0; 1.75) | 1 (0; 2) | 0.5 (0; 1.25) | 1 (0; 1) | 1.5 (0; 2.25) | 1.5 (0; 2.25) | 0.551 | 0.346 | 0.875 |
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Q1: 1st quartile; Q3: 3rd quartile. values from the Mann–Whitney U test. . .
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