Table 3.

Outcome profiles for participants assigned by class: means (standard deviations) [number of observations]

Measure	Class 1 Best Outcome	Class 2 High‐IQ ASD	Class 3 Low‐IQ ASD without behavioural problems	Class 4 Low‐IQ ASD with behavioural problems
Comp.Sev.Score	3.2 (1.7) [29]	6.0 (2.5) [28]	6.6 (2.2) [31]	6.4 (2.9) [30]
Verbal IQ	112.4 (14.0) [31]	90.1 (20.6) [29]	32.8 (10.7) [31]	11.0 (7.8) [32]
Nonverbal IQ	110.2 (13.5) [31]	92.5 (14.8) [29]	38.7 (15.7) [31]	18.0 (11.0) [32]
Hyperactivity	1.8 (1.9) [24]	7.5 (7.6) [23]	5.7 (5.3) [30]	14.9 (8.0) [27]
Irritability	1.7 (2.4) [24]	6.6 (6.8) [23]	5.4 (5.5) [30]	11.9 (8.8) [27]
ABCL total	49.0 (7.9) [26]	56.5 (10.0) [24]	51.0 (7.8) [23]	53.2 (8.0) [21]
Beck depression	4.4 (5.2) [19]	8.9 (8.6) [21]	2.2 (3.6) [28]	4.5 (4.4) [24]
PANAS Pos.	33.4 (6.9) [19]	27.0 (7.0) [21]	30.6 (7.2) [29]	22.9 (7.9) [23]
PANAS Neg.	17.0 (7.3) [19]	19.1 (6.6) [21]	16.3 (6.0) [29]	16.7 (5.1) [24]
Well‐being WBQ	205.1 (20.6) [19]	183.7 (22.1) [21]	197.0 (25.0) [27]	172.5 (23.8) [24]
Num. of Meds.	0.3 (0.7) [21]	1.3 (1.3) [21]	1.2 (1.3) [30]	2.5 (1.3) [27]
Work	1.3 (0.6) [31]	4.3 (2.2) [28]	5.1 (1.5) [27]	5.9 (1.0) [27]
Living	1.3 (0.5) [31]	2.0 (1.0) [29]	2.2 (0.4) [31]	2.5 (0.5) [32]
SEF friends	0.2 (0.5) [29]	1.7 (1.0) [26]	2.1 (0.8) [31]	2.8 (0.4) [26]
Daily living	87.7 (12.3) [31]	69.7 (12.4) [29]	53.8 (13.6) [31]	27.8 (7.7) [32]