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Table 1 Participant demographics and broader characteristics for calibration sample and full sample

From: Examining the latent structure and correlates of sensory reactivity in autism: a multi-site integrative data analysis by the autism sensory research consortium

 

Calibration sample

Full sample

Sample size

1197

3866

Age (years; M ± SD (n), min–max)

8.36 ± 3.29 (1197), 3.00–17.97

8.41 ± 3.36 (3866), 3.00–17.99

Sex (male/female; n [%])

870 (72.7%)/326 (27.3%)

3072 (79.5%)/793 (20.5%)

Ethnicity

  

 Hispanic or Latino (n [%])

53 (4.4%)

284 (7.3%)

 Not Hispanic or Latino (n [%])

575 (48.0%)

1957 (50.6%)

 Not reported or unknown (n [%])

569 (47.5%)

1625 (42.0%)

Race

  

 White (n [%])

783 (65.4%)

2919 (75.5%)

 American Indian or Alaska Native (n [%])

7 (0.6%)

41 (1.1%)

 Asian (n [%])

33 (2.8%)

106 (2.7%)

 Black or African American (n [%])

41 (3.4%)

109 (2.8%)

 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (n [%])

2 (0.2%)

4 (0.1%)

 More than one race (n [%])

100 (8.4%)

279 (7.2%)

 Not reported or unknown (n [%])

231 (19.3%)

408 (10.6%)

Sensory measures administered

  

 Sensory profile 1/short sensory profile 1 (n [%])

905 (75.6%)

1573 (40.0%)

 Sensory profile 2/short sensory profile 2 (n [%])

293 (24.5%)

293 (7.6%)

 Sensory Experiences Questionnaire Version 2.1 (n [%])

420 (35.1%)

433 (11.2%)

 Sensory Experiences Questionnaire Version 3.0 (n [%])

510 (42.6%)

2498 (64.6%)

Cognitive scores

  

 Intelligence quotient (IQ; n [%])

503 (42.0%)

1042 (27.0%)

 Developmental quotient (DQ; n [%])

125 (10.4%)

247 (6.4%)

 Neither (n [%])

569 (47.5%)

2577 (66.7%)

 Full-scale IQ/DQ (M ± SD (n), min–max)

91.3 ± 25.8 (414), 12.0–153.0

92.1 ± 24.5 (1028), 12.0–153.0

 Verbal IQ/DQ (M ± SD (n), min–max)

83.9 ± 30.6 (451), 8.0–153.0

88.8 ± 27.9 (1038), 8.0–160.0

 Nonverbal IQ/DQ (M ± SD (n), min–max)

92.4 ± 25.5 (600), 16.7–148.0

93.0 ± 26.0 (1193), 6.0–160.0

Adaptive functioning

  

 Vineland adaptive behavior composite (M ± SD (n), min–max)

71.0 ± 16.6 (367), 22.0–121.0

69.7 ± 16.1 (1472), 20.0–126.0

 Vineland communication (M ± SD (n), min–max)

76.6 ± 17.5 (472), 22.0–133.0

73.3 ± 19.6 (1590), 20.0–133.0

 Vineland daily living skills (M ± SD (n), min–max)

74.6 ± 19.2 (339), 19.0–125.0

72.3 ± 19.1 (1449), 19.0–138.0

 Vineland socialization (M ± SD (n), min–max)

71.3 ± 15.5 (471), 32.0–127.0

68.8 ± 17.1 (1589), 20.0–127.0

Psychiatric symptoms

  

 Total psychiatric symptoms (T-score; M ± SD (n), min–max)

64.1 ± 11.4 (298), 31.0–111.0

63.6 ± 10.4 (671), 26.0–111.0

 Internalizing symptoms (T-score; M ± SD (n), min–max)

59.3 ± 10.7 (392), 33.0–98.0

59.9 ± 11.9 (765), 0.0–106.0

 Externalizing symptoms (T-score; M ± SD (n), min–max)

57.3 ± 11.5 (393), 32.0–112.0

56.5 ± 12.2 (766), 0.0–112.0

  1. The calibration sample was used to perform the empirically driven item reduction for each subconstruct scale, whereas the full sample was used to examine correlates of each sensory construct. Cognitive scores (varied standardized measures of both IQ and DQ; see methods section for additional details) and adaptive behavior scores (derived from the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales; Sparrow 2011) are presented on a standard score metric (normative sample M = 100, SD = 15). Psychiatric symptom scores (varied standardized measures; see methods section for additional details) are presented on a T-score metric (normative sample M = 50, SD = 10). Full demographics for each subsample can be found in Additional file 1: Table S1
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