Perinatal testosterone exposure and autistic-like traits in the general population: a longitudinal pregnancy-cohort study

Table 4 Spearman’s correlations ( P value) between testosterone concentrations and scores on the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) ^a

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Total testosterone	1	.94 (<.01)	-.04 (.60)	.01 (.89)	.05 (.47)	.06 (.40)
2. Bioavailable testosterone	.91 (<.01)	1	-.07 (.35)	.02 (.80)	.07 (.36)	.06 (.46)
3. Original: Imagination	.09 (.23)	.12 (.11)	1	.42 (< .01)	.14 (.06)	.02 (.82)
4. Alternative: Total AQ	-.03 (.68)	.01 (.85)	.40 (<.01)	1	.67 (<.01)	.37 (<.01)
5. Alternative: Social Skills	-.06 (.45)	.01 (.95)	.19 (.01)	.70 (<.01)	1	.05 (.47)
6. Alternative: Details/Patterns	-.05 (.49)	-.01 (.87)	.03 (.68)	.48 (<.01)	.20 (.01)	1

^aMale correlations (n = 184) are above the diagonal, and female correlations (n = 190) are below the diagonal.

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