Minor Physical Anomalies in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Healthy Controls
Table 4
Correlations between MPA total, ear MPA, CF-MPA, AQ, and GAF scores for the ASD group, by MPA level (high or low) and gender.
ASD individuals
(%)
Ear index (ear MPA)
Craniofacial index (CF-MPA)
Total MPA
Low-MPA (total MPA < 5)
23 (46)
AQ
0.16
0.39
0.46*
GAF-s
−0.04
−0.04
−0.05
GAF-f
−0.29
−0.41
−0.14
ADOS
0.30
0.56**
0.37
High-MPA (total MPA > 5)
27 (54)
AQ
0.10
−0.20
−0.08
GAF-s
−0.25
−0.54**
−0.57**
GAF-f
−0.30
−0.50**
−0.52**
ADOS
0.43*
0.30
0.25
All
50 (100)
AQ
0.23
0.20
0.23
GAF-s
−0.06
−0.12
−0.13
GAF-f
−0.30*
−0.36*
−0.31*
ADOS
0.30*
0.30*
0.23
Men
26 (52)
AQ
0.42*
0.38
0.35
GAF-s
−0.002
−0.012
−0.05
GAF-f
−0.40
−0.48*
−0.49*
ADOS
0.49*
0.53**
0.50**
Women
24 (48)
AQ
0.070
0.031
0.12
GAF-s
−.052
−0.18
−0.14
GAF-f
−0.19
−0.20
−0.093
ADOS
0.14
0.12
0.013
ASD: autism spectrum disorder; MPA: Minor Physical Anomalies; GAF-s: Global Assessment of Functioning-symptoms; GAF-f: Global Assessment of Functioning-functioning; AQ: the Autism Spectrum Quotient; ADOS: ADOS-4 social interaction-communications score. Significances of correlations (Spearman’s rank correlation test) are denoted by , .
