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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2015 Apr;45(4):966–974. doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2250-3

Table 3.

Comparison of Age 2 and Age 3 with Age 19 NVIQ Intellectual Disability Categories

Age 19 NVIQ (%)
Avg. Border. Mild Mod. Sev. Pro. Total
Age 2 Average 47 24 12 0 12 6 20
Borderline 42 12 15 4 19 8 31
Mild 10 10 15 15 25 25 24
Moderate 0 0 0 19 38 44 19
Severe 0 0 0 0 0 100 5
Profound 0 0 0 0 0 100 1
Total 25 11 11 8 21 24 100
Age 3 Average 86 7 0 0 7 0 17
Borderline 33 19 24 5 19 0 25
Mild 8 12 15 12 27 27 31
Moderate 0 7 0 14 36 43 17
Severe 0 0 0 13 13 75 10
Profound 0 0 0 0 0 100 1
Total 25 11 11 8 21 24 100

Note: Categories correspond to DSM-IV-TR. Average: ≥85, Borderline: 70–84, Mild: 50–69, Moderate: 35–49, Severe: 20–34, Profound: <20.