Table 3.
School-age outcomes by sensory trajectory class (subset sample N=389)
| Mean (S.E.) | Class 1 (n=82) |
Class 2 (n=90) |
Class 3 (n=68) |
Class 4 (n=115) |
Class 5 (n=34) |
C2 vs. C1 | C3 vs. C1 | C4 vs. C1 | C5 vs. C1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pairwise mean comparisons χ2 | |||||||||
| SRS-2 Total (T-score) | 44.0 (1.0) | 57.7 (1.2) | 47.6 (1.3) | 50.7 (1.0) | 74.1 (2.4) | 80.9*** | 4.5* | 18.1*** | 133.3*** |
| VABS-3 Adaptive Domains (standard score) | |||||||||
| Communication | 104.6 (1.8) | 97.9 (2.0) | 106.6 (3.1) | 101.2 (1.7) | 77.7 (2.6) | 6.7* | .3 | 1.5 | 75.1*** |
| Socialization | 102.8 (1.6) | 94.0 (1.6) | 106.5 (2.8) | 98.9 (1.4) | 78.1 (2.0) | 16.2*** | 1.2 | 2.6 | 89.9*** |
| Daily Living Skills | 101.0 (1.5) | 97.3 (1.7) | 101.9 (2.9) | 95.4 (1.5) | 80.5 (2.3) | 2.9 | .1 | 5.7* | 54.0*** |
| Motor Skills | 106.0 (1.6) | 99.7 (1.7) | 104.5 (2.3) | 98.2 (1.3) | 85.2 (2.6) | 7.7** | .2 | 11.6** | 46.2*** |
| VABS-3 Maladaptive Domains (v-scale score) | |||||||||
| Internalizing Behavior | 13.9 (.3) | 17.5 (.3) | 14.6 (.5) | 16.4 (.4) | 19.7 (.4) | 58.5*** | 1.0 | 19.3*** | 102.9*** |
| Externalizing Behavior | 13.9 (.4) | 17.7 (.3) | 14.4 (.6) | 15.8 (.3) | 19.0 (.6) | 56.0*** | .3 | 9.5** | 55.1*** |
| Parent-Report Clinical Outcome Status | Odds Ratio [95% confidence intervals] | ||||||||
|
AUT | ||||||||
| 15.2*** [4.5, 52.2] | 2.1 [.5, 9.1] | 5.2** [1.5, 18.3] | 122.9*** [28.8, 524.6] | ||||||
| ADHD | |||||||||
| 6.8* [1.5, 30.9] | 1.8 [.3, 11.4] | 4.2 [.9, 19.6] | 28.0*** [5.9, 133.3] | ||||||
AUT: presence of a parent-reported autism diagnosis via DCQ and/or with SRS-2 total T-score ≥60; ADHD: presence of a parent-reported ADHD diagnosis and/or related concerns via DCQ; Other: not meeting the AUT and ADHD conditions. Detailed pairwise mean comparisons (other than comparisons to Class 1) are presented in Tables S4 and S5.
*
p< .05
**
p< .01
***
p< .001 (two-tailed)