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Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 18;60(8):978–985. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.11.008

Table 3.

Pre- and Post-School Exit Mean Daily Living Skills Age Equivalent (DLS-AE) Domain Scores by Trajectory Group at Ages 2, 3, 5, 9, 14, 18, 21, and 26

		Participant age		Higher DLS-AE			Lower DLS-AE
Data collection time point		n	m(SD)	Years since school exit	DLS-AE	Average annual change	Years since school exit	DLS-AE	Average annual change
				Years since school exit	m(SD)	Average annual change	Years since school exit	m(SD)	Average annual change
Before school exit	T2	69	2.44 (0.38)	−17	1.70 (0.78)	N/A	−19	1.32 (0.48)	N/A
	T3	35	3.47 (0.37)	−16	2.09 (0.43)	0.39	−18	1.58 (0.67)	0.26
	T5	59	4.97 (0.93)	−13	4.31(2.57)	0.74	−15	1.92 (0.74)	0.17
	T9	83	9.87 (1.44)	−10	8.33 (2.80)	1.01	−11	4.07 (1.89)	0.54
	T14	78	14.14 (0.39)	−5	10.85 (2.85)	0.50	−7	5.34 (2.35)	0.25
	T18	78	18.94 (0.99)	−1	14.65 (3.51)	0.95	−3	5.98 (2.42)	0.16
After school exit	T21	28	21.89 (1.08)	2	15.00 (3.40)	0.11	0	6.73 (2.75)	0.25
After school exit	T26	52	25.91 (1.14)	7	14.28 (3.02)	−0.14	5	6.37 (2.50)	−0.10

Note: The dashed black line indicates high school exit in the higher DLS-AE (m = 19.09, SD = 1.59) and lower DLS-AE trajectory groups (m = 21.15, SD = 1.97).