McLennan J D, Lord C, Schopler E
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
J Autism Dev Disord. 1993 Jun;23(2):217-27. doi: 10.1007/BF01046216.
Though a sex difference in the incidence of autism has frequently been reported, few studies have considered sex differences in the severity of features associated with autism. The Autism Diagnostic Interview was used to assess the difference between a group of 21 females and 21 males with autism with equivalent chronological nonverbal IQ greater than 60. Males were rated to be more severely autistic than females on several measures of early social development, but not in any other areas. Results are discussed in relationship to hypotheses based on sex differences in other populations.
尽管自闭症发病率的性别差异经常被报道，但很少有研究考虑与自闭症相关特征严重程度的性别差异。使用自闭症诊断访谈来评估一组21名患有自闭症的女性和21名患有自闭症的男性之间的差异，这些人的实际非语言智商均大于60且相当。在早期社会发展的几项指标上，男性被评定为比女性自闭症症状更严重，但在其他任何领域并非如此。根据其他人群的性别差异假设对结果进行了讨论。
