S Chahine, I Bartman, K Kulasegaram, D Archibald, P Wang, C Wilson, B Ross, E Cameron, J Hogenbirk, C Barber, R Burgess, E Katsoulas, C Touchie, L Grierson
From admissions to licensure: education data associations from a multi-centre undergraduate medical education collaboration
Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice
increasing prevalence autism spectrum disorders asd led worldwide interest factors influencing age asd diagnosis parents caregivers 237 asd children 193 boys 44 girls diagnosed using autism diagnostic observation schedule ados completed simple descriptive questionnaire data analyzed using variablecentered multiple regression analysis personcentered classification tree method believed concurrent use two methods could produce robust results mean age diagnosis 58 22 years median 53 years younger ages asd diagnosis predicted using multiple regression analysis higher scores ados social domain higher scores ados restrictive repetitive behaviors interest domain higher maternal education shared household parents using classification tree method subgroup lowest mean age diagnosis children summation ados communication social domain scores 17 paternal age delivery 29 years contrast subgroup oldest mean age diagnosis included children summed ados communication social domain scores 17 maternal education elementary school level severity autism maternal education played significant role types data analysis focused age diagnosis