Table 1. Characteristics of participants.

N	ASD N = 49	TD N = 26	t or χ2	p
Sex (%boys)	76%	80%	0.268	0.605
Age in months	66.8 (10.9)	65.8 (12.9)	−0.324	0.747
SRST-scores
Total	72.1 (11.9)	49.2 (6.5)	−9.097	0.000*
Social awareness	65.9 (9.9)	48.0 (7.4)	−8.132	0.000*
Social cognition	73.4 (11.7)	50.2 (9.6)	−8.694	0.000*
Social communication	69.7 (12.2)	48.5 (6.3)	−8.273	0.000*
Social motivation	60.9 (10.6)	52.4 (7.9)	−3.572	0.001*
Autistic mannerism	74.8 (15.5)	48.6 (7.6)	−8.099	0.000*
K-ABC Mental processing scale score	101.8 (15.1)	101.4 (11.2)	−0.117	0.908

Numbers are mean (standard deviation) or counts.

K-ABC, Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children.

*p < .05.