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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2012 Oct;169(10):1056–1064. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12020276

Table 1.

Sample Demographics

UMACC
All
N=1465
ASD UMACC
Non-ASD
N=527
CPEA
All
N=858
ASD CPEA
Non-ASD
N=163
SSC
All
N=2130
ASD
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Age 6.6a,c 3.5 7.3 3.7 6.4c,f 3.6 5.8 3.4 9.4a,f 3.5
Verbal IQ 66.2a 33.9 84.2b 26.7 68.4f 29 74.4b 26.2 77.7a,f 31.4
Nonverbal IQ 77a,b 28.8 86d 26.2 83.3b 26.6 80.3d 24.1 84.8a 26.1

Male: Female Ratio 3.8:1a 2.0:1b 5.3:1f 2.1:1b 6.7:1a,f

Gender N % N % N % N % N %
 Male 1162 79.3 353 67.1 639 84.1 110 67.5 1854 87
 Female 303 20.7 173 32.9 121 15.9 53 32.5 275 12.9
Race
 Caucasian 621 80.4 316 73.8 721 86.6 144 88.3 1687 79.2
 African American 59 7.6 57 13.3 23 2.8 4 2.5 76 3.6
 Asian 20 2.6 7 1.6 15 1.8 1 0.6 79 3.7
 Biracial or Multi-racial 47 6.1 29 6.8 63 7.6 12 7.4 169 7.9
 Other 20 2.6 15 3.5 11 1.3 2 1.2 97 4.6
Clinical Diagnosis
 Autistic Disorder 975 66.6 - 780 90.9 - 1466 68.8
 PDD-NOS 465 31.7 - 78 9.1 - 428 20.1
 Asperger Syndrome 25 1.7 - - - 236 11.1

Comparisons between All ASD samples (UMACC, CPEA, & SSC) and comparisons between Non-ASD samples (UMACC & CPEA). Comparisons were not completed for race and clinical diagnosis.

a

UMACC and SSC samples are significantly different from one another, p <.001

b

UMACC and CPEA samples are significantly different from one another, p < .001

c

UMACC and CPEA samples are significantly different from one another, p < .01

d

UMACC and CPEA samples are significantly different from one another, p < .05

e

SSC and CPEA samples are significantly different from one another, p < .001

f

SSC and CPEA samples are significantly different from one another, p < .05