Table 1.

Sample descriptive statistics and group differences.

	ASD		NT
	Females	Males	Females	Males	Difference?
n	24	21	21	19
Age	39.42 (13.21) 19–60	41.95 (11.39) 26–64	43.57 (15.68) 18–65	48.53 (13.35) 26–70	None
CAT-Q	120.21 (30.34) 49–164	107.00 (23.29) 64–161	63.95 (24.45) 38–139	72.68 (13.34) 55–101	aASD > NT, aASD-F > ASD-M
IQ	110.25 (16.94) 73–148	104.14 (15.95) 70–131	108.05 (12.71) 77–132	107 (11.24) 92–127	None
SRS-2	103.87 (29.56) 44–167	110.43 (35.45) 21–155	21.95 (9.67) 5–46	26.95 (14.45) 7–57	b ASD>NT
ADOS-2	9.87 (2.13) 7–14	10.67 (3.73) 7–19	N/A	N/A	None
rs-fMRI Motiond	0.06 (0.02) 0.02–0.08	0.07 (0.02) 0.02–0.11	0.06 (0.01) 0.04–0.09	0.07 (0.03) 0.02–0.13	None
DTI Motionc  d	0.34 (0.13) 0.16–0.61	0.65 (0.61) 0.19–3.01	0.31 (0.15) 0.12–0.64	0.60 (0.38) 0.30–1.63	e male>female
Education (years)	16.08 (2.32) 12–20	15.29 (2.90) 12–22	16.67 (2.22) 12–21	16.79 (2.15) 14–23	f ASD<NT

Differences were tested via ANOVA for main effects of diagnosis, sex, or their interaction. If significant, post-hoc t-tests examined pairwise group differences driving the significant main effect or interaction. ^*Social Responsiveness Scale—2nd Edition (SRS-2); ^at₈₃ = 8.62, P < 0.001;

^a t ₄₃ = 1.62, P = 0.11,

^b t ₈₃ = 15.25, P < 0.001;

^caverage root mean square displacements relative first volume;

^dno group differences in percent outlier slices or framewise displacement;

^e t ₈₃ = 3.79, P < 0.001,

^f F _1,81 = 3.93, P = 0.051.

^gCONN average motion observed (disregarding outlier scans; threshold = 0.5).