Table 1.
General characteristics of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
| Variable | Total (n = 161) | Males (n = 114) | Females (n = 47) | U/χ2 | r/φc | p value | Adj p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (range) | 23 (18–55) | 22 (18–55) | 26 (19–51) | 1700 | 0.29 | < 0.001 | 0.003 |
| IQ total, median (range) | 100 (30–145) | 97 (30–145) | 110 (50–145) | 2128 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.10 |
| Intellectual disability, n (%) | 33 (20.5) | 25 (21.9) | 8 (17) | 0.49 | 0.05 | 0.48 | 0.53 |
| Severity A, n (%) | 2.05 | 0.11 | 0.36 | 0.41 | |||
| Level 1 | 82 (50.9) | 54 (47.4) | 28 (59.6) | ||||
| Level 2 | 56 (34.8) | 43 (37.7) | 13 (27.7) | ||||
| Level 3 | 23 (14.3) | 17 (14.9) | 6 (12.8) | ||||
| Severity B, n (%) | 3.61 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.24 | |||
| Level 1 | 85 (52.8) | 55 (48.2) | 30 (63.8) | ||||
| Level 2 | 63 (39.1) | 48 (42.1) | 15 (31.9) | ||||
| Level 3 | 13 (8.1) | 11 (9.6) | 2 (4.3) | ||||
| Referral, n (%) | 3.08 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.28 | |||
| Self-referred | 36 (22.4) | 25 (21.9) | 11 (23.4) | ||||
| Family | 68 (42.2) | 44 (38.6) | 24 (51.1) | ||||
| Other clinicians | 57 (35.4) | 45 (39.5) | 12 (25.5) | ||||
| Psychiatric comorbidities, n (%) | 48 (29.8) | 31 (27.2) | 17 (36.2) | 1.28 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.33 |
| Depression | 16 (9.9) | 8 (7) | 8 (17) | ||||
| Anxiety | 10 (6.2) | 7 (6.1) | 3 (6.4) | ||||
| Psychoses | 7 (4.3) | 5 (4.4) | 2 (4.3) | ||||
| Obsessive–compulsive disorder | 5 (3.1) | 4 (3.5) | 1 (2.1) | ||||
| Learning disabilities | 4 (2.5) | 4 (3.5) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Others | 7 (4.3) | 3 (2.6) | 4 (8.5) |
Adj p-value Benjamini–Hochberg adjusted p value, IQ intelligence quotient. Significant p values and adjusted p values are marked in bold