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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants

From: Attitudes toward risk and ambiguity in patients with autism spectrum disorder

 

Control group

ASD group

Statistics

(N = 26)

(N = 24)

p

Age (years)

25.7 (6.8)

29.5 (4.3)

0.01a

Gender (female)

2 (7.7%)

3 (12.5%)

0.57b

Handedness (right)

2 (7.7%)

2 (8.3%)

0.93b

Smoking (current smoker)

2 (7.7%)

3 (12.5%)

0.57b

Estimated full-scale IQ

105.5 (9.3)

108.0 (12.1)

0.57a

AQ total

16.2 (7.0)

34.4 (5.2)

< 0.01a

 Social skills

2.7 (2.9)

8.8 (3.0)

< 0.01a

 Details/patterns

3.5 (1.7)

4.7 (2.2)

0.04a

 Communication/mindreading

1.1 (1.5)

4.3 (1.3)

< 0.01a

  1. Standard deviations or percentages in parentheses
  2. AQ Autism-Spectrum Quotient, IQ intelligence quotient
  3. aMann–Whitney test
  4. bTwo-tailed chi-square test