Table 4.
Autism symptom scores for EP and term born females with ASD
| EP | Term | t | p | d | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | ||||
| Age | 20 | 10.0 | 0.9 | 20 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | .70 | 0.1 |
| Nonverbal IQ | 20 | 72.1 | 24.7 | 20 | 74.1 | 21.5 | 0.3 | .79 | 0.09 |
| Verbal IQ1 | 19 | 65.7 | 31.2 | 19 | 72.2 | 26.2 | 07 | .49 | 0.3 |
| Social Communication | |||||||||
| ADI-R reciprocal social interaction | 19 | 18.5 | 8.0 | 20 | 20.6 | 5.6 | 1.0 | .34 | 0.3 |
| ADI-R nonverbal communication | 19 | 7.7 | 4.4 | 20 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 1.6 | .12 | 0.5 |
| ADI-R verbal communication | 15 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 19 | 8.7 | 2.1 | 4.2 | <.001 | 1.5 |
| ADI-R B2 social initiation | 15 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 19 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 1.7 | .12 | 0.6 |
| ADI-R B3 stereotyped speech | 15 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 19 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 4.3 | <.001 | 1.5 |
| ADOS-2 module 1/2 social affect | 4 | 11.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 11.0 | 4.8 | 0.1 | .90 | 0.1 |
| ADOS-2 module 3 social affect | 16 | 10.4 | 4.5 | 16 | 10.6 | 3.6 | 0.2 | .86 | 0.06 |
| ADOS-2 social affect calibrated severity | 20 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 20 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | .61 | 0.2 |
| Restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRB) | |||||||||
| ADI-R RRB total | 19 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 20 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 | <.001 | 1.3 |
| ADOS-2 module 1/2 RRB total | 4 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | .067 | 1.6 |
| ADOS-2 module 3 RRB total | 16 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 16 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | .72 | 0.1 |
| ADOS-2 RRB calibrated severity | 20 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 20 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | .73 | 0.1 |
1
One EP participant was missing verbal IQ score
2
One EP participant was missing ADI-R scores