Table 2

 Log rank Spearman’s correlation (rs) between intelligence quotient (IQ) and either age, homocysteine, or folate in 131 patients with Down’s syndrome (DS) and in two subgroups divided by IQ median (IQ = 40)

GroupNo of casesAgeHomocysteineFolate
rsp valuersp valuersp value
All DS131−0.455<0.0001−0.3290.00020.1100.2111
IQ⩾4069−0.546<0.0001−0.1670.16890.0880.4705
IQ<4062−0.1010.4285−0.2690.03550.3280.0104