Mental health, quality of life and social relations in young adults born with low birth weight

Table 3 The Adult Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) self-report in two groups of young adults born with low birth weight and a control group

	(n = 40/53/70) a)	VLBW			SGA			Control
	(n = 31/49/70) b)	Mean	(SD)	p	Mean	(SD)	p	Mean	(SD)
Communication	a)	2.1	(1.3)	0.24	2.2	(1.9)	0.44	1.9	(1.6)
	b)	1.9	(1.2)	0.59	2.0	(1.8)	0.81
Social skills	a)	1.7	(1.7)	0.013	1.7	(1.9)	0.012	1.0	(1.4)
	b)	1.4	(1.7)	0.28	1.6	(1.8)	0.036
Attention switching	a)	4.6	(2.1)	0.005	4.6	(2.1)	0.003	3.4	(1.8)
	b)	4.5	(2.1)	0.023	4.6	(2.1)	0.005
Attention to detail	a)	3.9	(2.0)	0.99	3.5	(1.8)	0.29	3.9	(1.9)
	b)	3.9	(1.9)	1.00	3.4	(1.7)	0.20
Imagination	a)	3.0	(1.7)	0.69	3.0	(1.8)	0.83	2.9	(1.8)
	b)	2.7	(1.4)	0.70	2.9	(1.8)	0.96
Total AQ score	a)	15.4	(4.6)	0.010	14.9	(6.1)	0.082	13.1	(5.1)
	b)	14.3	(4.2)	0.12	14.4	(6.0)	0.22

P-values vs. controls based on Mann–Whitney U test.
a) Analyses including participants with cognitive disability, b) Analyses excluding participants with cognitive disability.

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