Behavioural Outcome in Children with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Experience of a Single Centre

Table 8

Correlations between psychological adjustment and disease characteristics in CAH patients.

	𝑁	Internalizing 𝑟, 𝑃 value	Externalizing 𝑟, 𝑃 value	Total 𝑟, 𝑃 value
Age at diagnosis	49	−0.03, ns	−0.02, ns	0.02, ns
Height SDs at study entry	49	0.00, ns	0.17, ns	0.06, ns
Dose of glucocorticoid at study entry	49	0.43, 0.002*	0.41, 0.003*	0.42, 0.003*
Serum 17-OHP at study entry	49	0.10, ns	0.02, ns	0.10, ns

𝑟: Pearson’s correlation coefficient; ns: not significant.
*Significant 𝑃 value <0.05 (2-tailed).