Table 4 Scores (median and interquartile range (IQR)) on the Autism Questionnaire (AQ) self-report among 19-year old participants (N = 30) with borderline IQ (IQ scores between 70 and 84) and among 143 participants in a reference group with IQ scores equal to or above 85
Borderline IQ | Reference group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | (IQR) | Mean rank | Median | (IQR) | Mean rank | Z | P* | |
Social skills | 2 | (1.0–3.0) | 119.84 | 1 | (0.0–2.0) | 79.37 | −4.12 | < 0.001 |
Attention switching | 4.5 | (2.3–6.0) | 87.64 | 4 | (3.0–5.0) | 85.68 | −0.19 | 0.846 |
Details | 3 | (2.0–5.0) | 82.80 | 4 | (3.0–5.0) | 86.63 | −0.38 | 0.705 |
Communication | 3 | (1.3–4.0) | 107.70 | 2 | (1.0–3.0) | 81.75 | −2.58 | 0.010 |
Imagination | 4 | (3.0–5.0) | 111.36 | 3 | (2.0–4.0) | 81.03 | −3.01 | 0.003 |
Total | 17 | (13.0–20.8) | 110.45 | 13 | (10.0–17.0) | 81.25 | −2.86 | 0.004 |