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. 2021 Jan 22;16(1):e0245562. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245562

Table 5. Means (SD) and bootstrapped ANCOVA comparisons between no-SI and SI groups on key variables controlling for age and depression.

No-SI (n = 1241) SI (n = 610) F-statistic
Variablea M SD M SD df = 1, 1847 p-valueb BCa 95% CIc Cohen’s d [95% CI]
Social communication difficulties 9.36 2.60 11.17 2.20 128.82 < .001 -1.99, -1.39 -0.73 [-0.88, -0.56]
Insistence on sameness 41.16 13.61 50.70 12.80 17.51 < .001 -4.66, -1.68 -0.72 [-1.47, 0.30]
Attentional control 24.51 6.30 18.79 5.45 36.53 < .001 1.34, 2.67 0.95 [0.60, 1.38]
Inhibitory control 31.23 6.76 28.71 4.29 7.62 .003 0.354, 1.67 0.42 [0.04, 0.76]
Rumination 8.07 4.55 11.72 4.30 1.07 .316 -0.714, 0.236 -0.82 [-1.07, -0.48]
Covariates df = 1, 1849
Age 38.82 12.20 33.56 11.67 78.06 < .001 4.05, 6.44 0.44 [-0.24, 1.36]
Depression 1.89 1.93 4.72 1.99 864.60 < .001 -3.03, -2.63 -1.45 [-1.56, -1.29]

aAge and depression entered as covariates in the model.

b5000 samples bootstrapped p-value.

cBCa 95% confidence intervals that do not cross zero are bolded.