Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of ADOS-2 Items

Item	Overall mean (SD)	Male mean (SD)	Female mean (SD)
Speech abnormalities	1.23 (0.69)	1.25 (0.69)	1.19 (0.71)
Echoed language	0.08 (0.30)	0.08 (0.30)	0.07 (0.31)
Stereotyped language	0.94 (0.67)	0.98 (0.68)	0.87 (0.64)
Offers information	0.41 (0.66)	0.47 (0.70)	0.27 (0.53)
Asks for information	1.07 (0.76)	1.05 (0.75)	1.11 (0.76)
Reporting of events	0.62 (0.65)	0.68 (0.65)	0.48 (0.61)
Conversation	1.14 (0.66)	1.22 (0.67)	0.98 (0.62)
Gestures	0.51 (0.59)	0.58 (0.60)	0.37 (0.55)
Unusual eye contact	1.47 (0.88)	1.53 (0.85)	1.33 (0.95)
Directed facial expressions	0.93 (0.60)	1.02 (0.61)	0.72 (0.55)
Shared enjoyment	0.75 (0.75)	0.85 (0.78)	0.54 (0.65)
Empathy	0.81 (0.67)	0.86 (0.67)	0.69 (0.66)
Insight	1.42 (0.67)	1.49 (0.62)	1.27 (0.74)
Quality of social overtures	1.12 (0.55)	1.17 (0.55)	1.03 (0.51)
Amount of social overtures	0.83 (0.82)	0.88 (0.82)	0.70 (0.79)
Quality of social response	1.12 (0.55)	1.16 (0.53)	1.03 (0.51)
Amount of reciprocal social communication	0.96 (0.67)	1.07 (0.65)	0.73 (0.66)
Quality of rapport	1.01 (0.66)	1.04 (0.69)	0.93 (0.60)
Imagination	0.84 (0.69)	0.92 (0.70)	0.66 (0.64)
Unusual sensory interests	0.61 (0.72)	0.65 (0.72)	0.52 (0.71)
Hand finger mannerisms	0.59 (0.80)	0.64 (0.81)	0.48 (0.76)
Self-injurious behaviors	0.32 (0.65)	0.36 (0.69)	0.22 (0.54)
Excessive interests	0.43 (0.70)	0.40 (0.69)	0.50 (0.72)
Compulsions	0.55 (0.70)	0.60 (0.74)	0.45 (0.61)