Adjusted differences in functioning between children with parent-reported-only reported (no teacher agreement) versus parent-reported and teacher-reported ASD within the B and K cohorts at 10–11 years of age
| Measure | K ASD Teacher and parent-reported M (SD) N=30–32† | K ASD Parent-only-reported (no teacher agreement) M (SD) N=13–43† | B ASD Teacher-reportedand parent-reported M (SD) N=51–56† | B ASD Parent-only-reported (no teacher agreement) M (SD) N=40–64† |
| Quality of life (Peds QL)§ | ||||
| Physical | 66.4 (15.9) | 70.4 (18.6) | 65.2 (18.2) | 69.1 (21.3) |
| Emotional | 55.9 (13.9) | 54.9 (2.8) | 54.8 (18.4) | 49.4 (22.2) |
| Social | 47.3 (21.4) | 53.7 (23.1) | 52.2 (19.4)* | 59.5 (21.4)* |
| School | 60.0 (13.6) | 58.4 (17.1) | 53.2 (15.9) | 54.8 (21.5) |
| Psychosocial | 54.5 (13.4) | 55.7 (14.8) | 53.4 (13.8) | 54.5 (17.3) |
| Total | 58.6 (12.5) | 60.8 (2.1) | 57.5 (13.5) | 59.6 (17.1) |
| SDQ parent | ||||
| Emotional | 3.8 (2.2) | 4.8 (2.9) | 3.8 (2.6) | 4.2 (5.6) |
| Conduct | 3.9 (1.0) | 4.0 (1.4) | 3.9 (1.6) | 3.3 (4.9 |
| Hyperactivity | 6.3 (2.3) | 6.2 (2.4) | 6.7 (2.5) | 5.3 (5.5) |
| Peer | 4.8 (2.0) | 5.0 (2.3) | 4.4 (2.1) | 3.6 (5.2) |
| Prosocial§ | 6.0 (2.6) | 6.7 (2.2) | 6.6 (2.2) | 5.9 (5.6) |
| Total | 18.9 (5.1) | 20.1 (6.5) | 18.8 (6.1) | 16.4 (20.2) |
| SDQ teacher | ||||
| Emotional | 3.4 (2.5) | 2.9 (3.1) | 3.4 (2.3) | 2.6 (2.4) |
| Conduct | 3.3 (1.8) | 2.9 (1.4) | 3.6 (1.6)*** | 2.2 (1.0)*** |
| Hyperactivity | 5.5 (2.4) | 5.0 (4.0) | 6.1 (2.6)*** | 3.7 (3.3)*** |
| Peer | 4.1 (2.4) | 3.3 (2.4) | 3.9 (2.3)** | 2.4 (2.2)** |
| Prosocial§ | 4.0 (2.3) | 5.6 (2.9) | 5.0 (2.6)* | 6.8 (2.4)* |
| Total | 16.3 (7.2) | 14.2 (8.3) | 17.0 (6.6)*** | 10.9 (6.8)*** |
| Cognitive functioning (matrices age 10) | 9.3 (3.7) | 8.7 (3.5) | 9.1 (3.7) | 9.6 (3.5) |
| Receptive vocab (PPVT at age 8/9) | 76.5 (7.6) | 76.7 (5.9) | 77.3 (5.9) | 79.0 (5.1) |
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
† N reported as a range due to missing data across the outcome measures.
§ Lower scores indicate poorer functioning.
ASD, autism spectrum disorder; SDQ, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; PPVT, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test.