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Table 1 Mean Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) scores and standard deviations (SDs) by group and sex within the enriched sample

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

Enriched sample

Number

Mean AQ

SD

Autistic group

811

33.73

10.57

 Autistic males

357

34.81

9.10

 Autistic females

454

32.88

11.54

Neurotypical group

3906

18.16

7.84

 Neurotypical males

1344

20.27

7.85

 Neurotypical females

2562

17.06

7.61

Overall

4717

20.84

10.23

 Overall males

1701

23.32

10.06

 Overall females

3016

19.44

10.06