Table 4.
Lifetime rate of axis-II disorders in adults with autism spectrum disorders (N = 117)
| Criteria met DSM-IV | ||||||||||||||||
| Autistic disorder (N=5) |
Asperger's disorder (N=62) |
PDD NOS (N=50) |
Total (N=117) |
AS – PDD NOSa | Male (N=77) |
Female (N=40) |
Male – Femalea | |||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | χ2 (df = 1) | p | N | % | N | % | χ2 (df = 1) | p | |
| Personality disorders | ||||||||||||||||
| ≥ 1 PD | 1 | 20 | 42 | 68 | 30 | 60 | 73 | 62 | 0.72 | 0.43 | 46 | 60 | 27 | 68 | 0.68 | 0.43 |
| ≥ 2 PD | 0 | 0 | 25 | 40 | 16 | 32 | 41 | 35 | 0.83 | 0.43 | 28 | 36 | 13 | 33 | 0.18 | 0.84 |
| ≥ 3 PD | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 0.01 | 1.00 |
| Paranoid | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 0.01 | 1.00 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 0.07 | 1.00 |
| Schizotypal | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0.90 | 0.41 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1.54 | 0.26 |
| Schizoid | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 0.15 | 0.82 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 6.72 | 0.02 |
| Histrionic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Narcissistic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Borderline | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1.05 | 0.34 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3.24 | 0.09 |
| Antisocial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5.14 | 0.04 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.16 | 1.00 |
| Avoidant | 0 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 25 | 0.62 | 0.52 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0.81 | 0.50 |
| Dependent | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1.24 | 0.41 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0.70 | 0.41 |
| Obsessive | 1 | 20 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 32 | 4.26 | 0.04 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 35 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| PD NOS | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
aFisher's exact χ2 test