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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 Dec;44(12):3063–3071. doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2170-2

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical participant characteristics by Mini PAS-ADD case status

Positive screen Negative screena (N = 40) Total (N = 129) Analysisb

Current (N = 73) Lifetime (N = 89)





Mean (range) SD Mean (range) SD Mean (range) SD Mean (range) SD t p
Age (years)
  Ascertainment 10.9 (2.9–25.9) 5.8 10.9 (2.9–27.9) 5.8 10.9 (1.4–26.2) 5.9 10.9 (1.4–27.9) −0.04 0.9
  Follow-up 36.3 (26.1–50.5) 6 36.3 (26.1–54.4) 6.1 36.5 (27.0–50.5) 5.6 36.4 (26.1–54.4) 0.15 0.46
  Duration of follow-up 25.4 (22.3–28.2) 1.2 25.4 (22.2–29.3) 1.3 25.6 (21.8–29.2) 1.3 25.4 (21.8–29.3) 0.86 0.35
N % N % N % N % χ2 p
IQ 1.58 0.67
  Normal (>69) 16 21.9 23 25.8 8 20 31 24
  Mild IDc (50–69) 21 28.8 24 27 15 37.5 39 30.2
  Severe IDc/untestable (<50) 35 47.9 39 43.8 16 40 55 42.6
  Missing 1 1.4 3 3.4 1 2.5 4 3.1
Original group 59 80.8 72 80.9 35 87.5 107 82.9 0.85 0.36
Male 52 71.2 66 74.2 31 77.5 97 75.1 0.17 0.68
Seizure Disorder Present 29 39.7 35 39.3 18 45 53 41.1 0.37 0.55
Caregiver-reported Psychiatric Diagnosis Present 30 41.1 35 39.3 9 22.5 44 34.1 3.48 0.06
Psychotropic medication use 48 65.8 56 62.9 19 47.5 75 58.1 2.7 0.1
a

Negative screen indicates no endorsement of elevated scales for current or lifetime symptoms

b

Comparison between lifetime positive and negative screen groups

c

ID: intellectual disability