Table 4 Mean (SD) comparison of major variables after controlling for sex as covariates

Neurocognitive measures ^a

17.87***

0.45

9.33***

0.31

Raven’s PM

49.8 (7.3)

34.9 (10.6)

0.000***

0.41

0.000***

0.29

JLOT

24.1 (4.7)

19.0 (6.4)

0.000***

0.16

0.04*

0.04

TOL

Total time (ms)^b

492.2 (131.3)

563.5 (144.4)

0.003**

0.08

0.08^c

0.03

Total score

16.7 (3.7)

14.2 (4.1)

0.002**

0.09

0.08^c

0.03

Accuracy

1.91 (0.5)

1.7 (0.6)

0.34*

0.40

0.33^c

0.01

Social-cognitive measures ^a

8.09***

0.31

2.69*

0.13

FP Q1 (detection)

7.4 (2.3)

5.8 (2.5)

0.001**

0.10

0.03*

0.04

FP Q2 (identification)

7.4 (2.4)

5.6 (2.5)

0.000***

0.12

0.02*

0.05

FP Q3 (others’ mental states)

2.8 (2.5)

3.3 (2.8)

0.34^c

0.01

0.75^c

0.001

FP Q4 (intention)

4.1 (2.7)

3.2 (2.4)

0.10^c

0.02

0.79^c

0.001

ET

22.7 (3.1)

19.1 (4.1)

0.000***

0.18

0.04*

0.04

Empathy

62.0 (11.4)

62.2 (12.2)

0.96^c

0.00

1.00^c

0.000