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Table 5 Social communication items that met the criteria as adequate discriminators between ASD and ADHD

From: Parent-reported and clinician-observed autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): implications for practice under DSM-5

ADOS item

Mod. 3 item

Mod. 4 item

DSM-5 symptom domain

Quality of Social Overtures

B7

B9

Social-emotional reciprocity (a1)

Amount of Reciprocal Social Communication

B10

B12

Social-emotional reciprocity (a1)

Unusual Eye Contact

B1

B1

Non-verbal communication (a2)

Facial Expressions Directed to Examiner

B2

B2

Non-verbal communication (a2)

  1. Items were defined as adequate discriminators if they were endorsed in >66 % of the ASD group and <33 % of the ADHD group