Table 3.
Associated characteristics of EP and term born children with ASD
| EP (n = 59) |
Term (n = 59) |
t or X2 p |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Single words > 24 months | |||
| Yes | 39 (67.4%) | 25 (42.4%) | X2 = 8.0 p = .005 |
| No | 18 (31.6%) | 34 (57.6%) | |
| Phrase speech > 33 months | |||
| Yes | 49 (86.0%) | 40 (67.8%) | X2 = 5.4 p = .021 |
| No | 8 (14.0%) | 19 (32.2%) | |
| Gross motor delay/impairment at age 21 | |||
| Yes | 11 (19.6%) | 6 (10.3%) | X2 = 1.9 p = .16 |
| No | 45 (80.4%) | 52 (89.7%) | |
| Anthropometrics at age 10 years2 | |||
| Head circumference, raw | 52.4 (SD=3.0) | 54.4 (SD=2.2) | t = 4.0 p <.001 |
| Height z-score | −0.5 (SD=1.1) | 0.3 (SD=1.1) | t = 3.7 p < .001 |
| Weight z-score | −0.1 (SD=1.6) | 0.5 (SD=1.2) | t = 2.4 p = .020 |
| Body mass index z-score | 0.1 (SD=1.6) | 0.4 (SD=1.3) | t = 1.2 p = .23 |
| Seizure disorder at age 10 | |||
| Yes | 8 (13.6%) | 4 (6.8%) | X2 = 1.5 p = .22 |
| No | 51 (86.4%) | 55 (93.2%) | |
| Psychiatric symptoms at age 103 | |||
| ADHD | |||
| T ≥ 65 | 20 (35.7%) | 23 (39.0%) | X2 = 0.1 p = .72 |
| T < 65 | 36 (64.3%) | 36 (61.0%) | |
| Anxiety | |||
| T ≥ 65 | 9 (16.1%) | 28 (47.5%) | X2 = 13.0 p < .001 |
| T < 65 | 47 (83.9%) | 31 (52.5%) | |
| Depression | |||
| T ≥ 65 | 10 (17.9%) | 21 (35.6%) | X2 = 4.6 p = .032 |
| T < 65 | 46 (82.1%) | 38 (64.4%) | |
1
Two EP participants were missing ADI-R spoken language milestone data
2
One term participant was missing data on gross motor delay impairment
3
One EP participant was missing anthropometric data
4
Three EP participants were missing data on the CSI-4 screener for psychiatric symptoms