Table 1 The participant demographics.

From: Associations among autistic traits, cognitive and affective empathy, and personality traits in adults with autism spectrum disorder and no intellectual disability

 

Non-ASD control (n = 28)

ASD (n = 24)

p-values

Age, years (range)

30.4 ± 6.2 (23–44)

27.5 ± 7.5 (18–44)

0.144

Gender (male/female)

12/16

14/10

0.163

AQ

17.3 ± 6.4

32.7 ± 6.5

 < 0.001***

ADOS-2 for clinical use

0.5 ± 1.7

7.13 ± 2.7

 < 0.001***

BDI

5.3 ± 6.4

10.0 ± 6.5

0.012*

Full IQ

106.2 ± 13.7

97.2 ± 11.7

0.016*

Verbal IQ

106.4 ± 13.1

98.4 ± 13.4

0.033*

Performance IQ

104.9 ± 14.1

96.5 ± 13.8

0.036*

  1. Data are mean ± SD.
  2. AQ autism spectrum quotient, ADOS-2 autism diagnostic observation schedule, 2nd edition, BDI Beck depression inventory, IQ intelligence quotient.
  3. *p < 0.05,**p < 0.01,***p < 0.001 compared to the non-ASD controls (Student’s t-test).
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