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Table 1 Median GIQC score between study and control groups based on age, ethnicity and parental educational level

From: Gender-role behaviour and gender identity in girls with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Demographic factors

Cases (n = 27)

Controls (n = 50)

p-value

n

Median GIQC

n

Median GIQC

Age

2.5–6.9

6

3.31

13

4.25

< 0.001**

7–11.9

14

3.50

26

4.00

0.001**

> 12

7

2.87

11

4.13

0.002**

Ethnicity

Sinhalese (S)

16

3.30

28

4.00

< 0.001**

Tamil(T)

5

3.13

11

4.13

0.003**

Muslim (M)

6

3.72

11

4.07

0.02*

Maternal education

Not completed

11

3.28

18

4.00

0.02*

Completed school or higher

16

3.56

32

4.06

0.001**

Paternal education

Not completed

7

3.30

18

4.00

< 0.001**

Completed school or higher

20

3.56

32

4.07

0.004**

  1. GIQC Gender Identity Questionnaire for Children
  2. *Statistically significant at p = 0.05 level, **Statistically significant at p = 0.01 level