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Table 1 Mean values of demography and questionnaires reported by the high versus low schizotypy groups

From: The impact of schizotypy on quality of life among adults with autism spectrum disorder

 

t-test

Mann Whitney U -test

 
 

ALL

n = 110(SD)

SPQ high

n = 55 (SD)

SPQ low

n = 55 (SD)

t

df

U

Z

p

Gender, M/W/O

35/70/5

17/35/3

18/35/2

/

/

/

/

.89

Age, mean yrs

32.6 (9.6)

34.0 (10.3)

31.2 (8.7)

/

/

1303

−1.3

.21

Comorbidity, % yes

53.5

62

47

/

/

/

/

.08

Employed or student, % yes

51.4

47.3

56.0

/

/

/

/

.39

RAADS-14

29.3 (9.5)

34.0 (5.2)

24.7 (8.3)

−7.0

90.6

/

/

<.001

EQ VAS

56.7 (22.5)

49.0 (23.6)

64.4 (19.2)

/

/

922.5

−3.5

<.001

EQ-5D index

0.6 (0.3)

0.5 (0.3)

0.7 (.2)

/

/

997.0

−3.1

.002

BBQ

40.0 (21.8)

33.0 (19.4)

47.1 (21.2)

3.7

107.2

/

/

<.001

HADS-dep

7.4 (4.2)

9.1 (3.8)

5.7 (3.9)

/

/

794.0

−4.3

<.001

HADS-anx

11.6 (4.8)

14.0 (3.7)

9.3 (4.7)

/

/

629.0

−5.3

<.001

SPQ-BR

66.6 (18.3)

80.8 (11.7)

52.4(11.2)

/

/

<.001

−9.0

<.001

  1. M men, W women, O other gender, BBQ Brunnsviken Brief quality of life scale, EQ VAS dimensional part of EQ-5D-5L, EQ-5D index descriptive part of EQ-5D-5L, HADS-dep depression subscale of The Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, HADS-anx anxiety subscale of The Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, RAADS-14 The Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised 14 items, SPQ-BR The Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire – Brief Revised
  2. For gender, psychiatric comorbidity and occupation, the p values are derived from χ2 analyses. Significance was set at p < 0.05