Extended Data Fig. 4: Schematic diagram of the birth cohorts included in the study.
From: Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis
Schematic diagram of the cohorts included in the study and the ages when data was collected for SDQ scores (dots) and autism diagnosis (in boxes). Reports of autism diagnosis were available at ages: MCS - 5,7,11,14; GUI - 9,13,17; LSAC-B - 7,9,11,13,15; and LSAC-K: 11,13,15,17. MCS = Millennium Cohort Study; GUI = Growing up in Ireland (cohort ’98); LSAC-B = Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (Birth cohort); LSAC-K = Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (Kindergarten cohort). Sample sizes and the year of initial SDQ data collection for each cohort are shown on the ordinate axis. The age cutoff used in the Latent Growth Curve Models for each cohort is indicated by a red line. GUI was used only for Latent Growth Curve Models and excluded from Growth Mixture Models.
