Distribution of Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) values in individuals with 16p11.2 microdeletions and in interfamilial controls. Even though the 16p11.2 carriers have an average FSIQ that is 2 standard deviations lower than in controls, there is significant overlap. A subset of 16p11.2 carriers has FSIQ values higher than 100.
Ingo Helbig
Child Neurology Fellow and epilepsy genetics researcher at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), USA and Department of Neuropediatrics, Kiel, Germany