Table 1. Sample Characteristics Across ADOS-2 Module Algorithms.
| Characteristic | Children, No. (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 6263) | Module 1, algorithm 1 (n = 808) | Module 1, algorithm 2 (n = 1039) | Module 2, algorithm 1 (n = 828) | Module 2, algorithm 2 (n = 582) | Module 3 (n = 3006) | |
| ADOS-2 Calibrated Severity Score, mean (SD) | 5.41 (2.90) | 6.76 (2.31) | 6.19 (2.66) | 5.14 (2.81) | 5.60 (2.65) | 4.81 (3.01) |
| ADOS-2 status | ||||||
| No | 2033 (32.5) | 80 (9.90) | 198 (19.1) | 270 (32.6) | 169 (29.1) | 1316 (43.9) |
| Autism spectrum disorder | 743 (11.9) | 90 (11.1) | 144 (13.9) | 135 (16.3) | 36 (6.20) | 338 (11.3) |
| Autism | 3479 (55.6) | 638 (79.0) | 697 (67.1) | 422 (51.0) | 376 (64.7) | 1346 (44.9) |
| Practitioner type | ||||||
| Psychologist | 2103 (33.6) | 120 (14.9) | 196 (18.9) | 267 (32.2) | 197 (33.8) | 1323 (44.0) |
| Speech language pathologist | 4160 (66.4) | 688 (85.1) | 843 (81.1) | 561 (67.8) | 385 (66.2) | 1683 (56.0) |
| Race | ||||||
| Asian | 1096 (17.5) | 154 (19.1) | 226 (21.8) | 143 (17.3) | 131 (22.5) | 442 (14.7) |
| Black/African American | 1619 (25.9) | 289 (35.8) | 286 (27.5) | 177 (21.4) | 207 (35.6) | 660 (22.0) |
| White | 3151 (50.3) | 289 (35.8) | 426 (41.0) | 443 (53.5) | 211 (36.3) | 1782 (59.3) |
| Othera | 397 (6.34) | 76 (9.41) | 101 (9.72) | 65 (7.85) | 33 (5.67) | 122 (4.06) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic | 546 (8.72) | 93 (11.5) | 119 (11.5) | 54 (6.52) | 75 (12.9) | 205 (6.82) |
| Hispanic not reported | 5714 (91.3) | 715 (88.5) | 919 (88.5) | 774 (93.5) | 507 (87.1) | 2799 (93.2) |
| Insurance | ||||||
| Public | 2547 (40.8) | 396 (49.2) | 441 (42.6) | 271 (32.9) | 263 (45.4) | 1176 (39.3) |
| Private | 99 (1.59) | 20 (2.48) | 12 (1.16) | 10 (1.22) | 14 (2.42) | 43 (1.44) |
| Other | 3591 (57.6) | 389 (48.3) | 581 (56.2) | 542 (65.9) | 302 (52.2) | 1777 (59.3) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 1293 (20.6) | 184 (22.8) | 198 (19.1) | 189 (22.8) | 110 (18.9) | 612 (20.4) |
| Male | 4970 (79.4) | 624 (77.2) | 841 (80.9) | 639 (77.2) | 472 (81.1) | 2394 (79.6) |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 6.77 (3.27) | 4.14 (2.00) | 3.97 (1.52) | 4.18 (0.64) | 6.73 (2.00) | 9.16 (2.71) |
| Location | ||||||
| Within city limits | 1487 (23.7) | 242 (30.0) | 285 (27.4) | 200 (24.2) | 167 (28.7) | 593 (19.7) |
| Within state limits | 3698 (59.0) | 437 (54.1) | 575 (55.3) | 439 (53.0) | 299 (51.4) | 1948 (64.8) |
| Outside state | 1078 (17.2) | 129 (16.0) | 179 (17.2) | 189 (22.8) | 116 (19.9) | 465 (15.5) |
Abbreviation: ADOS-2, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition.
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Other includes Native American, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and any other race.