Table 1.
Participant Demographic Characteristics
| Adults (N = 30) | Children (N = 34) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autism Group (N = 15) | Control Group (N = 15) | Autism Group (N = 17) | Control Group (N = 17) | |||||||
| M (SD) | Range | M (SD) | Range | p value | M (SD) | Range | M (SD) | Range | p value | |
| CA | 21.3 (6.7) | 16 – 38 | 23.3(6.4) | 16 – 36 | .41 | 11.6 (1.6) | 8 – 14 | 12.0 (2.0) | 8 – 14 | .51 |
| VIQ | 104.5 (12.7) | 81 – 126 | 107.9 (8.5) | 91 – 123 | .41 | 100.5 (10.8) | 82 – 117 | 104.4 (8.9) | 88 – 121 | .27 |
| PIQ | 104.7 (10.0) | 80 – 118 | 109.5 (9.2) | 86 – 119 | .18 | 108.2 (15.9) | 87 – 139 | 107.3 (8.0) | 88 – 120 | .83 |
| FSIQ | 105.1 (8.6) | 92 – 125 | 109.9 (8.9) | 88 – 120 | .14 | 104.8 (12.2) | 85 – 126 | 106.8 (8.6) | 86 – 121 | .57 |
| M/F | 13/2 | 13/2 | 17/0 | 17/0 | ||||||
| Ethnicity | 15 Caucasian | 15 Caucasian | 17 Caucasian | 17 Caucasian | ||||||
Note. CA = Chronological Age in years; VIQ = Verbal IQ; PIQ = Performance IQ; FSIQ = Full Scale IQ; M: F = Number of Male to Female participants. Ethnicity obtained by self-report.