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Table 4 Mean Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) score and standard deviations (SDs) by group and sex within the prevalence-true sample

From: The distribution of autistic traits across the autism spectrum: evidence for discontinuous dimensional subpopulations underlying the autism continuum

Prevalence-true Sample

Mean N

Mean AQ

SD

Autism group

67

33.76

1.30

 Autistic males

29.36

35.15

1.30

 Autistic females

37.64

35.16

1.01

Neurotypical group

3906

18.17

0.12

 Neurotypical males

1344.44

18.17

0.17

 Neurotypical females

2561.56

18.16

0.09

Overall

3973

18.43

0.12

 Overall males

1373.80

20.59

0.21

 Overall females

2599.20

17.29

0.15