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Participants in the mild profile were significantly younger than those in the severe profile, had significantly fewer social communication difficulties than youth in the moderate anxiety profile group and had significantly fewer restricted and repetitive behaviors and lower cognitive functioning scores compared to participants in moderate and severe anxiety profiles. This is the first study to move beyond identifying associations and group\u2010level differences to exploring and identifying characteristics of anxiety\u2010based subgroups at an individual level that differ on key clinical and developmental variables. 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