Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| Girls with ASD (n = 19) | Boys with ASD (n = 21) | TYP girls (n = 16) | TYP boys (n = 19) | |||||
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| M (range) | SD | M (range) | SD | M (range) | SD | M (range) | SD | |
| Age (Years) | 11.79 (8–18) | 3.43 | 12.24 (8–18) | 3.56 | 12.94 (8–18) | 3.19 | 11.74 (8–17) | 2.49 |
| OT (pg/ml) | 525.23 (169–1378) | 325.75 | 357.12 (92–793) | 184.05 | 434.33 (191–1468) | 332.27 | 361.52 (87–1318) | 315.26 |
| AVP (pg/ml) | 85.72 (27–206) | 41.62 | 101.14 (23–214) | 48.56 | 70.35 (34–114) | 25.51 | 114.58 (37–293) | 82.68 |
| FSIQ | 101.39 (75–129) | 15.63 | 103.10 (76–145) | 17.76 | 116.94 (100–135) | 11.11 | 119.58 (88–139) | 13.90 |
| VIQ | 108.94 (85–128) | 12.87 | 102.67 (69–132) | 17.32 | 118.38 (91–138) | 13.65 | 120.26 (95–141) | 12.99 |
| PIQ | 93.50 (63–125) | 18.04 | 105.48 (80–149) | 17.26 | 111.50 (88–131) | 11.52 | 114.79 (86–133) | 14.20 |
| ADOS total | 10.50 (7–18) | 2.87 | 10.90 (7–22) | 4.06 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| ADOS communication | 2.89 (1–5) | 0.96 | 3.76 (2–8) | 1.89 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| ADOS social | 7.61 (4–13) | 2.45 | 7.14 (5–14) | 2.46 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SCQ total | 20.95 (12–31) | 5.41 | 22.90 (11–34) | 7.27 | 1.75 (0–8) | 2.41 | 1.84 (0–8) | 2.17 |
| Time of blood draw | 14:20 (10:00–17:00) | 02:05 | 14:03 (9:45–17:00) | 02:26 | 14:49 (10:30–17:00) | 01:56 | 14:15 (9:45–17:00) | 02:30 |
Note. ASD = Autism Spectrum Disorder; TYP = Typically Developing; OT = Oxytocin; AVP = Arginine Vasopressin; FSIQ = Full Scale IQ; VIQ = Verbal IQ; PIQ = Performance IQ; ADOS = Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; SCQ = Social Communication Questionnaire.