Table 2 Demographic and clinical information for ASD group and TC group.

From: Alteration of functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorder: effect of age and anatomical distance

Demographic data

Child cohort

Adolescent cohort

Adult cohort

ASD

TC

P

ASD

TC

P

ASD

TC

P

Gender (M/F)

17/1

19/1

0.94 a

23/5

21/5

0.90 a

14/4

14/4

1 a

Age (years) (mean ± sd)

9.6 ± 1.0

9.3 ± 1.5

0.44 b

13.7 ± 1.8

14.5 ± 1.9

0.14 b

25.4 ± 5.9

25.5 ± 4.2

0.97 b

FIQ (mean ± sd)

110.6 ± 20.0

112.2 ± 12.3

0.77 b

103.6 ± 13.5

104.3 ± 13.5

0.85 b

108.1 ± 13.9

110.1 ± 7.9

0.59 b

Mean FD (mm) (mean ± sd)

0.14 ± 0.05

0.13 ± 0.05

0.43 b

0.16 ± 0.08

0.13 ± 0.07

0.24 b

0.11 ± 0.04

0.10 ± 0.04

0.71 b

  1. ASD, autism spectrum disorder; TC, typical controls; FIQ, full IQ; P, p-value; M, male; F, female; FD, frame-wise displacement.
  2. aStatistical significance level was calculated using a chi-square test.
  3. bStatistical significance level was computed using a two-tailed two-sample t-test.
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