Table 4

BNSQ items in 20 AS subjects compared with 10 controls, studied with Mann-Whitney rank sum test. Variability was expressed as the range between 25% and 75% percentile.


AS
control


Median
(75–25)%
Median
(75–25)%
T, p
total
32
8,5
20
7
T = 81, 0.001
item1
3
2
1
0
T = 79. <0.001
item3
3,5
2,5
3
1
T = 122, ns
item4
2
1
2
1
T = 129, ns
item5
2
1,5
1
1
T = 117, ns
item6
3
1,5
1
1
T = 79, <0.001
item8
4
2,5
1,5
1
T = 84, 0.002
item9
3
2
1,5
1
T = 89, 0.004

ns = no statistically significant difference between AS subjects and controls

Tani et al. BMC Psychiatry 2003 3:12   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-3-12