Figure 1
VABS-3 equivalent developmental ages and domains. The equivalent developmental age for three age groups: Adults (green), adolescents (12–18 years, yellow), and children (5–11 years, blue). Patients under 5 have been excluded to facilitate homogeneity. (A) Shows the mean values of equivalent developmental age for every age group in the different subdomains. The graph shows an increase in equivalent developmental age across all domains. The subdomain ‘Domestic’ (domain ‘Daily living skills’) is severely affected in all age groups not reaching nine years of equivalent developmental age. This subdomain indicates the individual's abilities and independence in performing everyday tasks according to the individual’s age and related to household activities and routines (personal hygiene, meal preparation, cleaning, managing personal belongings, etc.). The other severely affected subdomain is ‘Coping skills’ (domain ‘Socialization’), also consistently affected across the ages and related to an individual's ability to demonstrate behavior and emotional control in different situations involving others. (B) and (C) show the equivalent developmental age in different subdomains for adolescents and adults including the mean scores (continuous line), the mean scores of the severely affected (those with ABC score below the median value, scores represented by the dotted lines) and the mean scores of the mildly affected (those with ABC score above the median value, scores represented by the dashed lines). (D) Further illustrates the equivalent developmental age for severely affected adolescents and adults (represented by the dotted lines), mildly affected adults and adolescents (represented by the dashed lines) and the group of children. Both severely affected adolescents and adults present equivalent ages that are lower than or close to five years of age. In contrast, the mildly affected groups show some improvement in the subdomains as they age, although they still do not reach the expected age level.
