Table 1.
Demographic, cognitive, and clinical characteristics of ASD and control participants
| ASD group (N = 76) |
Control group (N = 64) |
Between-group difference | |||||
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| M/N | SD/% | M/N | SD/% | t/χ2 | df | p | |
| Demographic | |||||||
| Agea | 24.22 | 6.40 | 25.72 | 4.95 | 2.11 | 135.92 | .04 |
| Male | 65 | 85.5% | 49 | 76.6% | 1.85 | 1 | .17 |
| White | 68 | 89.5% | 50 | 78.1% | 3.38 | 1 | .07 |
| Attend some collegeb | 52 | 68.4% | 55 | 85.9% | 7.44 | 2 | .02 |
| Employedb | 27 | 35.5% | 39 | 60.9% | 9.67 | 2 | .01 |
| Living independentlyc | 10 | 13.2% | |||||
| Clinical | |||||||
| Full scale IQ | 108.63 | 14.40 | 106.23 | 9.50 | 1.18 | 130.88 | .24 |
| SAS-IId | 1.67 | 0.59 | |||||
| GAFd | 49.84 | 8.19 | |||||
| Diagnosis | |||||||
| Autism (ADOS) | 38 | 50.0% | |||||
| Autism spectrum (ADOS) | 35 | 46.1% | |||||
| Autism spectrum (ADI) | 3 | 3.9% | |||||
| ADOS subscales | |||||||
| Communication | 3.41 | 1.28 | |||||
| Reciprocal social interaction | 6.96 | 2.45 | |||||
| Imagination/creativity | 1.20 | .69 | |||||
| Stereotyped and repetitive behaviors | 2.50 | 1.74 | |||||
a
Age variable was log transformed to account for positive skew in distribution
b
Data available for 73 participants with ASD and 61 control participants
c
Data available for 73 participants with ASD
d
Data available for 58 participants with ASD