Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the sample, cognitive and linguistic measures
| Autistic children (N = 38) |
Non-Autistic children (N = 90) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age (months) | ||
| Mean ± SD | 112 ± 20.4 | 103 ± 20.1 |
| Median [Min, Max] | 112 [74.0, 143] | 102 [72.0, 139] |
| Sex assigned at birth | ||
| F | 3 (7.9%) | 46 (51.1%) |
| M | 35 (92.1%) | 44 (48.9%) |
| Parental educational level (min 1 - max 5) | ||
| Mean ± SD | 4.21 ± 1.09 | 4.57 ± 0.90 |
| Median [Min, Max] | 5 [1, 5] | 5 [1, 5] |
| Language of administration | ||
| English | 5 (13.2%) | 7 (7.8%) |
| French | 17 (44.7%) | 23 (25.6%) |
| German | 14 (36.8%) | 49 (54.4%) |
| Italian | 2 (5.3%) | 11 (12.2%) |
| Linguistic background | ||
| Monolinguals (Exposure to a 2nd language < 20% lifetime) | 24 (64%) | 58 (64%) |
| Multilinguals (Exposure to a 2nd language ≥ 20% lifetime) | 14 (36%) | 32 (36%) |
| Receptive morphosyntax (TROG, z-score) | ||
| Mean ± SD | -0.44 ± 1.37 | 0.12 ± 1.32 |
| Median [Min, Max] | -0.30 [-3.00, 1.60] | 0.20 [-3.00, 2.80] |
| Non-verbal IQ (Raven’s 2 score) | ||
| Mean ± SD | 98.3 ± 15.5 | 99.7 ± 12.2 |
| Median [Min, Max] | 96.5 [77, 133] | 102 [71, 122] |