Research Article

Facial Emotion Recognition and Polymorphisms of Dopaminergic Pathway Genes in Children with ASD

Table 5

Multivariate analysis of predictive factors associated with the risk of childhood ASD.

VariableOdds ratio (95% CI) value

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 G/A vs. A/A9.1 (2.1-39.6)0.0034
 G/G vs. A/A1.0 (0.1-7.5)0.9688
Time to recognize happiness at high intensity3.0 (1.8-4.8)<0.0001
Time to recognize sadness at high intensity1.9 (1.2-2.8)0.0028
Time to recognize sadness at low intensity1.6 (1.2-2.3)0.0022
Time to recognize fear at low intensity2.0 (1.3-3.2)0.0037
Accuracy in recognition of anger at low intensity (correct vs. incorrect)0.1 (0.03-0.5)0.0054
Accuracy in recognition of fear at high intensity (correct vs. incorrect)0.04 (0.01-0.3)0.0015

CI: confidence interval.