Table 1.

Characteristics of the autistic and non-autistic women included in the analysis

	Autistic (n = 16)	Non-autistic (n = 21)	P
Age (years)	29.9 ± 8.4	26.4 ± 7.9	0.20
Full-scale IQ	121 ± 16.4	117.9 ± 13.7	0.52
Hormonal contraceptive use (n)	0	6	0.01*
Psychological traits
AQ	37.1 ± 5.2	13.2 ± 6.6	<0.001**
LSAS	73.3 ± 24.2	31.71 ± 13.6	<0.001**
Salivary oxytocin (pg/ml)
Placebo condition
Baseline	3.3 ± 0.9	3.0 ± 0.9	0.17
Immediately post-administration	3.0 ± 0.9	2.7 ± 0.8	0.32
90-min post-administration	2.9 ± 1.0	2.6 ± 0.7	0.30
Oxytocin condition
Baseline	2.8 ± 0.9	2.9 ± 0.8	0.89
Immediately post-administration	112.9 ± 15.1	113.5 ± 16.0	0.91
90-min post-administration	46.1 ± 15.6	35.3 ± 21.3	0.08

Full-scale IQ = Wechsler abbreviated scale of intelligence,

^* P < 0.05,

^** P < 0.01.