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Table 2 Mean BAPQ scores of the two parental groups

From: Broad autism phenotype features of Chinese parents with autistic children and their associations with severity of social impairment in probands

 

Fathers

 

Mothers

 

F1(1, 1142)

F2(1, 1142)

F3(1, 1142)

 

PCA

PTC

PCA

PTC

Main effect

Main effect

Main effect

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

for sex

for group

for sex × group

Self-report BAPQ

       

Aloof personality

2.96(0.82)

2.74(0.74)

2.88(0.74)

2.74(0.66)

0.943

15.684**

0.93

Pragmatic language

2.53(0.72)

2.32(0.64)

2.47(0.68)

2.37(0.66)

0.002

15.848**

1.831

Rigidity personality

3.01(0.59)

3.01(0.52)

3.04(0.62)

3.08(0.51)

2.002

0.348

0.162

Total score

2.83(0.56)

2.69(0.49)

2.80(0.56)

2.73(0.48)

0.001

11.395*

1.398

Informant-report BAPQ

       

Aloof personality

2.94(0.86)

2.75(0.75)

2.96(0.77)

2.79(0.71)

0.402

14.904**

0.076

Pragmatic language

2.61(0.81)

2.38(0.70)

2.71(0.85)

2.52(0.77)

7.022*

20.013**

0.32

Rigidity personality

3.16(0.73)

3.11(0.57)

3.28(0.70)

3.25(0.59)

10.975*

1.003

0.121

Total score

2.91(0.66)

2.75(0.53)

2.98(0.61)

2.86(0.54)

7.278*

16.605**

0.254

Best-estimate BAPQ

       

Aloof personality

2.95(0.740

2.75(0.65)

2.92(0.65)

2.77(0.59)

0.031

20.27**

0.498

Pragmatic language

2.57(0.67)

2.35(0.57)

2.59(0.63)

2.45(0.62)

2.718

24.757**

1.186

Rigidity personality

3.09(0.55)

3.06(0.46)

3.16(0.54)

3.16(0.45)

8.593*

0.102

0.201

Total score

2.87(0.54)

2.72(0.43)

2.89(0.49)

2.79(0.43)

2.793

18.943**

0.917

  1. BAPQ: Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire; PCA: parents of children with autism; PTC: parents of typically developing children.*p < 0.05;**p < 0.001.