Table 1.

Baseline Demographics and Clinical Features of Treatment and Waitlist Groups (n = 36)

	Treatment (n = 19)	No treatment (n = 17)	p
Age, years	10;3 (1;3)	10;3 (1;1)	.91
	8;5–13;7	8;3–12;7
Gender (female/male)	1/18	2/15	.52
Diagnosis			.09
Autism	2	0
Asperger	3	7
PDDNOS	14	10
Full scale IQ	100.1 (15.3)	103.3 (12.9)	.49
	79–133	82–126
Verbal IQ	101.3 (16.2)	109.1(11.1)	.12
	68–123	89–130
Nonverbal IQ	98.4 (16.8)	96.6 (17.9)	.77
	73–132	67–125
Autism quotient score	125.7 (19.4)	138.9 (19.8)	.14
	99–153	114–175
	(n = 10)	(n = 11)
Social responsiveness scale	74.9 (21.6)	80.2 (22.54)	.61
	51–110	39–124
	(n = 9)	(n = 10)
Co-morbidity
No co-morbidity	14	14	.60
ADHD	4	3
Learning disorder	1	0