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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2008 May;38(5):827–839. doi: 10.1007/s10803-007-0450-9

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study 1 replication sample

Mean (SD)
Range
Low-risk
n = 3309
High-risk
n = 484
Total
n = 3793
F
Male 1,649 354 2,003 N/A
Female 1,621 122 1,743 N/A
Sex not reported 39 8 47 N/A
Age in months at screening 20.53 (3.06) 24.25 (3.60) 21.01 (3.37) 576.56**
16.00–30.85 16.23–30.62 16.00–30.85
M-CHAT total items failed .85 (1.35) 4.21 (4.98) 1.28 (2.44) 990.53**
0–19 0–19 0–19
M-CHAT critical items failed .10 (.45) 1.44 (1.95) .27 (.92) 1168.24**
0–6 0–6 0–6
Age in months at telephone interview* 22.71 (3.83) 25.63 (3.85) 24.09 (4.05) 53.88**
17.51–36.01 16.62–34.07 16.62–36.01
M-CHAT total items failed for screen positive cases* 4.50 (2.91) 8.84 (4.44) 6.74 (4.35) 130.21**
2–19 2–19 2–19
M-CHAT critical items failed for screen positive cases* 1.04 (1.33) 3.19 (1.83) 2.15 (1.93) 177.42**
2–6 0–6 0–6
Telephone interview total items failed* 1.51 (3.11) 5.26 (4.92) 3.41 (4.53) 82.12**
0–19 0–18 0–19
Telephone interview critical items failed* .52 (1.21) 1.99 (1.95) 1.26 (1.79) 80.82**
0–6 0–6 0–6
*

n for telephone interview is 189 low-risk, 196 high-risk, and 385 total

**

p < .01