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. 2026 Oct 6;11(1):3798. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v11i1.3798

Table 4. Median Age at First Recorded NDC Diagnosis and Interquartile range (IQR) Among Those With and Without Care Experience.

No care experience Care experience Mann-Whitney U p-value
Median age IQR Median age IQR statistic (W)
at diagnosis at diagnosis
ASD 10.3 6.6–12.8 7.4 4.0–11.1 679,974 <0.0001
Learning difficulties 6.8 5.8–8.3 6.3 5.0–7.8 23,590,746 <0.0001
Specific learning difficulties 9.0 7.2–11.3 8.3 6.6–11.1 3,830,403 0.0037
NDCs overall 7.1 5.9–9.0 6.3 4.9–7.9 38,701,034 <0.0001