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. 2018 Nov 29;23(6):1431–1441. doi: 10.1177/1362361318816053

Table 1.

Participant demographics.

Mental health and other diagnoses Men (n = 67) Women (n = 112) Total (n = 179)
Depression 60 (89.6%) 99 (88.4%) 159 (88.8%)
Anxiety 51 (76.1%) 91 (81.3%) 142 (79.3%)
Other 13 (19.4%) 27 (24.1%) 40 (22.3%)
OCD 11 (16.4%) 28 (25.0%) 39 (21.8%)
Personality disorder 4 (6.0%) 20 (17.9%) 24 (13.4%)
Bipolar 4 (6.0%) 11 (9.8%) 15 (8.4%)
Anorexia 1 (1.5%) 12 (10.7%) 13 (7.3%)
ME/CFS 3 (4.5%) 10 (8.9%) 13 (7.3%)
Epilepsy 2 (3.0%) 5 (4.5%) 7 (3.9%)
Schizophrenia 2 (3.0%) 4 (3.6%) 6 (3.4%)
Tourette’s 2 (3.0%) 2 (1.8%) 4 (2.2%)
Bulimia 0 (0.0%) 4 (3.6%) 4 (2.2%)
ASC subtype Men (n = 77) Women (n = 121) Total (n = 198)
AS/HFA 61 (75.3%) 104 (80.8%) 165 (78.7%)
Autism/classic autism/ASC 9 (14.3%) 11 (18.3%) 20 (16.8%)
PDD/PDD-NOS 0 (10.4%) 1 (14.2%) 1 (12.7%)
Other 7 (10.4%) 5 (4.2%) 12 (6.6%)

OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; ME: Myalgic Encephalopathy; CFS: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; AS: Asperger syndrome; HFA: high functioning autism; ASC: autism spectrum condition, PDD-NOS: pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified; PDD: pervasive developmental disorder; other: no specific ASC subtype specified.