Table 1 Demographic and clinical background profiles of study participants.

From: Differences in frontotemporal dysfunction during social and non-social cognition tasks between patients with autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia

 

ASD (n = 13)

SCZ (n = 15)

Healthy (n = 18)

p

Age, years

30 [23.3–38.5]

36 [29–47]

34.5 [28–38.5]

0.18a

Sex(M/F)

12/1

12/3

13/5

0.38b

JART IQ

106.0 [99.5–115.9]

100.0 [91.3–109.6]

102.9 [94.9–107.9]

0.32a

AQ

Social skills

8 [5–9]

—

—

—

Attention switching

8 [5–9]

—

—

—

Attention to detail

5 [3–7]

—

—

—

Communication

6 [4–8]

—

—

—

Imagination

5 [4–6]

—

—

 

Total

31 [25–34.5]

—

—

—

PANSS

Positive factor

—

9 [7–10]

—

—

Negative factor

—

14 [12–21]

—

—

General psychopathology

—

21 [19–24]

—

—

Total

—

45 [41–53]

—

—

Chlorpromazine eq.(mg)

0 [0–75]

800 [489.4–1300]

—

<0.01c

Imipramine eq.(mg)

38 [6.3–12.5]

0 [0–0]

—

<0.01c

Duration of illness(years)

—

11 [8–23]

 

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  1. aKruskal-Wallis Test; bPearson Chi-Square test; cMann-Whitney U Test.
  2. ASD, Autistic spectrum disorder; SCZ, Schizophrenia; M/F, male/female; JART, Japanese version of the National Adult Reading Test; AQ, Autism Spectrum Quotient; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; Eq., equivalent. The values represent median [inter-quartile range].