TABLE 8.

Summary of logit mixed effects models for phonemic fluency: Total accuracy, and accuracy for the letters a /a/, S /s/, X /ç/

Predictors	Total accuracy				Letter A /a/				Letter S /s/				Letter X /ç/
	Coefficient	SE	z	p Value	Coefficient	SE	z	p Value	Coefficient	SE	z	p Value	Coefficient	SE	z	p Value
Intercept	11.29	0.48	23.58	<0.001	−1.04	3.71	−0.27	0.782	2.63	4.03	0.65	0.515	3.34	0.18	18.59	<0.001***
Group	1.87	0.47	3.91	<0.001***	−3.36	3.84	−0.87	0.435	−6.11	4.07	−1.50	0.145	−7.64	3.99	−1.91	<0.001***
Age (in months)	0.15	0.12	1.30	0.198	0.07	0.05	1.42	0.165	0.02	0.05	0.29	0.769	0.13	0.05	2.31	0.048*
Sex	−7.65	13.73	−0.55	0.998	−1.60	4.61	−0.34	0.999	−4.28	5.30	−0.81	0.999	0.59	4.38	0.13	0.998
VIQ	6.33	3.99	1.58	0.116	4.87	3.87	1.26	0.210	2.00	4.89	0.41	0.684	2.64	3.70	0.71	0.477
PIQ	4.83	8.79	0.55	0.584	−1.16	1.92	−0.61	0.547	1.33	1.12	1.18	0.241	1.75	0.94	1.84	0.108

Note: SE, standard error; VIQ, verbal IQ; PIQ, performance IQ; Group levels: typically developing versus autism; Reference level for Group: autism.

^* p < 0.05;

^*** p < 0.001.