Table 1.
Demographical and symptom characteristics
| Total sample |
fMRI sample |
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| Controls |
ASD |
Controls |
ASD |
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| N | M | SD | N | M | SD | P | N | M | SD | N | M | SD | P | |
| Sex: N(F/M) | 6/16 | – | – | 9/18 | 0.760 | 6/15 | 6/14 | 0.595 | ||||||
| Age | 31.8 | 8.5 | 33.1 | 8.7 | 0.600 | 31.9 | 9.3 | 31.8 | 9.3 | 0.970 | ||||
| MWT-IQ | 108.6 | 13.2 | 112.9 | 16.7 | 0.330 | 108.3 | 13.6 | 113 | 17.3 | 0.335 | ||||
| ADOS | – | – | – | 24 | 10.5 | 3.4 | – | 19 | 10.4 | 3.5 | – | |||
Means (M), standard deviations (SD) and sample size (N) of group characteristics. P-values: two-tailed significance-value for F- and χ2-tests in ASD vs Controls; Abbreviations: ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorders; F: female; M: male; MWT: Mehrfachwahl–Wortschatz Test; not applicable (–); ADOS: Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging.