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Table 4 Demographics and questionnaire scores by group (autistic, non-autistic) and gender (male, female, NBT)

From: The Friendship Questionnaire, autism, and gender differences: a study revisited

 

Autistic (n = 243)

Non-autistic (n = 208)

Male (n = 31)

Female (n = 155)

NBT (n = 57)

Male (n = 29)

Female (n = 172)

NBT (n = 7)

Age

 Range

18.57–71.42

18.53–71.53

19.71–57.00

20.27–65.98

20.95–68.25

22.30–57.24

 M (SD)

35.99 (12.72)

38.42 (10.20)

31.76 (8.58)

35.37 (11.47)

34.35 (10.65)

36.19 (10.68)

AQ score

 Range

13.00–27.00

6.00–27.00

9.00–26.00

2.00–19.00

0.00–20.00

0.00–19.00

 M (SD)

21.32 (3.73)

21.43 (3.68)

21.32 (3.46)

10.17 (5.43)

8.30 (5.16)

11.00 (6.22)

FQ score

 Range

28.00–92.00

16.00–101.00

27.00–95.00

36.00–109.00

27.00–120.00

44.00–94.00

 M (SD)

51.29 (16.61)

54.32 (17.59)

59.21 (16.19)

72.17 (19.48)

82.99 (19.44)

78.00 (19.36)

URCS score

 Range

2.25–7.00

1.33–7.00

1.08–7.00

3.50–7.00

2.00–7.00

2.33–7.00

 M (SD)

5.80 (1.30)

5.79 (1.44)

6.20 (1.05)

6.23 (0.89)

6.28 (1.03)

5.82 (1.61)