Table 2.

CARS and ATEC scores of the patients in the three groups before and after intervention in addition to the percent change

Scale		G1 (HBOT)			G2 (Risperidone)			G3 (Placebo)
		Mean±SD	% of scores changes	P	Mean±SD	%	P	Mean±SD	%	P
CARS	Before	36.2±1.47	−12.62	<0.001	34.85±1.9	−8.9	<0.001	33.45±2.33	−1.52	0.33
	After	31.63±1.73			31.75±2.02			32.94±2.71
ATEC	Before	67.82±4.21	−14.11	<0.001	73.31±3.72	−5.17	<0.001	71.6±3.02	−2.56	0.004
	After	58.24±3.83			69.52±5.27			69.77±3.11
Speech	Before	14.33±1.69	−15.28	<0.001	15.63±1.22	−11.64	<0.001	17.49±2	−5.61	0.02
	After	12.14±1.71			13.81±2.22			16.51±1.97
Social	Before	15.78±1.59	−3.42	0.07	16.92±1.73	0.83	0.76	14.47±1.42	−3.52	0.057
	After	15.24±1.77			17.06±2.56			13.96±1.34
Cognition	Before	16.82±2.36	−11.06	<0.001	18.71±1.09	−10.69	<0.001	18.89±1.45	0.58	0.71
	After	14.96±2.07			16.71±2.19			19±1.53
Behavior	Before	20.9±2.62	−23.92	<0.001	22.04±2.51	−0.45	0.838	20.75±1.56	−2.17	0.07
	After	15.9±2.55			21.94±1.94			20.3±1.15

CARS: Childhood autism rating scale; ATEC: Autism treatment evaluation checklist.