Minor Physical Anomalies in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Healthy Controls
Table 3
Comparison of MPA scores by Mann-Whitney test.
ASD ()
Neurotypical controls ()
()
P
Mean (SD)
Median
Mean (SD)
Median
CF-MPA
3.64 (1.97)
4
2.69 (1.51)
3
990 (−2.2)
0.025
0.22
Head
1.06 (0.89)
1
0.66 (0.67)
1
1001 (−2.3)
0.022
0.23
Eyes
0.68 (0.77)
1
0.61 (0.82)
0
1213 (−0.6)
n.s.
Ears
1.52 (1.27)
1.5
1.09 (1.07)
1
1069 (−1.8)
n.s.
Mouth
0.38 (0.60)
0
0.43 (0.60)
0
1255 (−0.6)
n.s.
P-MPA
0.95 (0.69)
1
1.0 (0.65)
1
1262 (−0.5)
n.s.
Hands
0.19 (0.43)
0
0.19 (0.40)
0
1314 (−0.1)
n.s.
Feet
0.76 (0.52)
1
0.81 (0.48)
1
1259 (−0.5)
n.s.
Total MPA
4.59 (1.91)
5
3.79 (1.67)
3
1010 (−2.1)
0.034
0.21
ASD: autism spectrum disorder; MPA: Minor Physical Anomalies; CF-MPA: craniofacial MPAs including MPAs in head, eyes, ears, and mouth; P-MPA: periphery index including MPAs in hands and feet; (): Mann-Whitney ; : Pearson effect size.
