Table 1.

Characterization of control (n = 39) and autism (n = 53) populations

	Age	EHI	vIQ	pIQ	ADOS-S	ADOS-C	SRS	CELF-3
Autism subjects	53	53	53	53	48	48	47	51
Autism mean	22.4	65.1	101.3	101.3	8.9	4.7	89.4	88.0
Autism SD	7.2	46.9	21.1	16.5	2.5	1.4	32.7	22.2
Autism range	12–42	−93 to 100	55–139	67–134	1–14	1–7	6–147	50–121
Control subjects	39	35	34	34	29	29	31	32
Control mean	21.1	72.5	116.0	114.2	0.65	0.51	14.8	111.4
Control SD	6.5	33.8	14.8	13.9	0.89	0.68	11.5	11.42
Control range	8–34	−60 to 100	87–143	90–155	0–3	0–2	1–51	88–134
P value (2-tailed t-test)	0.36	0.42	0.0006	0.0002	9.4 × 10−28	2.3 × 10−23	1.5 × 10−19	4.3 × 10−7

Note: Summary statistics are provided for age, Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI), vIQ (from either WASI or WAIS III), pIQ (from either WASI or WAIS III), Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Social (ADOS-S) and Communication (ADOS-C) subtests, SRS, and CELF-3 (total score).