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Chapter 5<br />

Model-7 FT<br />

: FT i<br />

~ β 0<br />

+β 1<br />

age i<br />

+ β 2<br />

sex i<br />

+ε i<br />

Model-8 FT<br />

: FT i<br />

~ β 0<br />

+β 1<br />

SRS i<br />

+ β 2<br />

age i<br />

+ β 3<br />

sex i<br />

+ε i<br />

Pair-wise associations from <strong>the</strong> above mentioned models are depicted in connectivity<br />

matrices and in connectograms (Langen, White, Ikram, Vernooij and Niessen 2015).<br />

Several sensitivity analyses were run in order to ensure results were not influenced various<br />

confounding factors, and are reported in <strong>the</strong> Supplemental Data section. First, to ensure<br />

behavioral problems did not influence age- and sex-related associations, analyses were run<br />

where children with high levels of behavioral problems were excluded. Similarly, to test<br />

whe<strong>the</strong>r continuous associations between autistic traits and connectivity were truly along<br />

a continuum and not driven by extreme cases, analyses were run after excluding children<br />

scoring highest on <strong>the</strong> SRS.<br />

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