Table 4.
Time 2 evaluated sample
| Mean (SD) | Non-ASD n = 51 |
ASD n = 80 |
F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic variables | |||
| Age in months at evaluation | 55.87 (8.01) | 52.17 (8.01) | N/A |
| 50.34–65.40 | 46.12–64.00 | ||
| Male | 42 | 71 | N/A |
| Female | 9 | 9 | N/A |
| Evaluation measures | |||
| ADI-R total | 10.67 (9.93) | 19.84 (14.12) | 12.92** |
| ADOS AB score | 3.30 (3.67) | 11.28 (5.70) | 34.85** |
| CARS total | 20.50 (4.49) | 33.17 (5.39) | 131.23** |
| DSM-IV # symptoms | 1.52 (1.40) | 6.78 (2.12) | 134.97** |
| Mullen VRa (n = 115) | 48.13 (17.13) | 27.26 (13.57) | 28.69** |
| Mullen FM | 38.35 (15.74) | 26.51 (10.08) | 13.32** |
| Mullen RL | 41.12 (14.45) | 24.58 (7.15) | 35.81** |
| Mullen EL | 40.08 (12.05) | 24.78 (7.78) | 36.12** |
| Mullen ELC | 87.55 (25.92) | 58.28 (14.48) | 31.89** |
| DAS NVb (n = 16) | 89.33 (19.37) | 79.38 (21.88) | 3.17 |
| DAS V | 82.89 (15.24) | 70.75 (18.86) | 1.61 |
| DAS GCA | 85.22 (30.45) | 74.00 (20.23) | .101 |
| VABSc communication | 85.88 (18.53) | 63.00 (15.75) | 48.50** |
| VABS daily living | 77.90 (17.07) | 57.75 (8.70) | 47.21** |
| VABS socialization | 83.11 (14.35) | 62.40 (10.41) | 66.19** |
| VABS motor | 82.72 (19.52) | 68.81 (15.85) | 16.36** |
| VABS ABC | 78.71 (16.68) | 58.78 (10.66) | 43.82** |
**
p < .01
a
Mullen Scales of Early Learning; VR = Visual Reception, FM = Fine Motor, RL = Receptive Language, EL = Expressive Language, ELC = Early Learning Composite
b
Differential Abilities Scale; V = Verbal, NV = Nonverbal, GCA = Global Composite of Abilities
c
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales; ABC = Adaptive Behavior Composite