Table 3.

Participant demographic characteristics (mean ± standard deviation)

Variable	BCTP Goup	MBTP Group	Control Group	χ2	F	P
N	13	14	14	-	-	-
Gender (boys/girls)	10/3	12/2	13/1	1.372	-	0.504
Age (years)	5.23 ± 0.89	5.04 ± 0.66	4.71 ± 0.75	-	2.247	0.12
BMI (height/weight2)	16.62 ± 2.63	15.69 ± 1.38	16.18 ± 1.95	-	0.770	0.47
CARS	35.62 ± 5.41	40.50 ± 6.54	41.07 ± 7.79	-	2.685	0.081
CSHQ	61.77 ± 11.76	56.29 ± 5.18	55.50 ± 6.72	-	2.275	0.117
CEBQ	49.85 ± 16.76	53.36 ± 9.43	51.64 ± 20.74	-	0.156	0.856

x̄ Mean. SD Standard deviation

CARS: Childhood Autism Rating Scale; CSHQ: Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire; CEBQ: Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire; BCTP: the ball combination training program group; MBTP: mini-basketball training program group