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. 2021 Feb 14;51(12):4587–4604. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-04903-2

Table 1.

Participant characteristics, psychiatric diagnosis and psychotropic medication

Diagnostic group Comparison
TDs-22q11DS TDs-ASD 22q11DS-ASD
TDs 22q11DS ASD Statistical test p value Statistical test p value Statistical test p value
N 33 24 20
Gender [female (%)] 15 (45%) 8 (50%) 7 (35%) χ2 = 0.848 0.357 χ2 = 0.561 0.454 χ2 = 0.013 0.908
Age [mean (SD)] 18.60 (3.80) 18.09 (4.02) 17.43 (4.13) t = 0.490 0.626 t = 1.050 0.299 t = 0.533 0.597
Full scale IQ [mean (SD)] 109.16 (13.22) 73.00 (16.49) 101.75 (19.47) t = 8.906 0.000 t = 1.615 0.113 t = -5.242 0.000
Psychiatric diagnosis [N (%)]
 Simple phobia 5 (20.83%) 3 (15%)
 Agoraphobia 0 2 (10%)
 Social phobia 1 (4.16%) 4 (20%)
 Generalized anxiety 5 (20.83%) 1 (5%)
 Attention deficit disorder 6 (25%) 4 (20%)
 Persistant depressive disorder 0 2 (10%)
 Major depressive episode 0 2 (10%)
 Psychosis 0 0
 Obsessive–compulsive disorder 0 0
ADOS-2 module 3 (N = 7) (mean)
 ADOS-2 total score 11.43
 ADOS-2 SA score 8.28
 ADOS-2 RRB score 3.14
ADOS-2 module 4 (N = 13) (mean)
 ADOS-2 total score 12.85
 ADOS-2 SA score 9.38
 ADOS-2 RRB score 3.46
ADI-R (N = 9) (mean)
 ADI-R domain A 18
 ADI-R domain B 13.33
 ADI-R domain C 5.77
SCQ (N = 70) (mean)
 SCQ total score 3.07 8.87 18.77
Psychotropic medication
 Total [N(%)] 12 (50%) 6 (30%)
Categories
 Psychostimulant 8 (33.33%) 2 (10%)
 Antidepressants 4 (16.66%) 1 (5%)
 Neuroleptics 4 (16.66%) 2 (10%)
 Antiepilecptics 2 (8.33%) 0
 Anxiolytics 2 (8.33%) 1 (5%)

Significant p-values at the 0.05 level are displayed in bold

TDs had been screened for psychiatric diagnostics conforming to our exclusion criterias