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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2011 Sep 12;47(6):1565–1578. doi: 10.1037/a0025418

Table 5.

Imitation scores and Covariates for Groups by Age

Measure Group Age
12 months 18 months 24 months
Imitation Score (% correct) ASD 21.28% (9.64)a 25.18% (10.14) 49.62% (26.67)
Other Delays 22.07% (12.51) 35.62% (18.73) 50.97% (25.42)
High-risk Typical 27.39% (11.16) 41.86% (19.17) 58.73% (28.10)
Low-risk Typical 29.02% (14.62) 44.83% (20.53) 63.27% (25.63)

Fine Motor age equivalent ASD 13.33 (1.76) 16.58 (1.62) 20.57 (2.38)
Other Delays 15.07 (1.86) 18.86 (1.81) 23.12 (3.55)
High-risk Typical 15.28 (1.60) 19.49 (2.20) 24.75 (3.01)
Low-risk Typical 15.34 (1.31) 19.57 (2.27) 25.63 (2.62)

Expressive Language age equivalent ASD 10.13 (2.66) 14.08 (5.28) 17.12 (7.41)
Other Delays 11.87 (2.22) 17.37 (3.83) 22.22 (4.70)
High-risk Typical 12.79 (2.60) 18.11 (4.08) 25.35 (5.46)
Low-risk Typical 12.51 (2.19) 18.09 (3.34) 25.52 (4.01)

MacArthur CDI Vocabulary (# words) ASD 3.83 (7.7) 41.27 (76.8) 45.08 (47.5)
Other Delays 5.28 (8.6) 52.16 (64.7) 180.75 (136.1)
High-risk Typical 10.62 (12.0) 80.77 (79.3) 271.85 (170.1)
Low-risk Typical 8.18 (8.9) 96.83 (110.7) 343.24 (200.0)

Social Engagement rating (out of 9) ASD 8.09 (1.81) 6.00 (1.49) 6.47 (1.64)
Other Delays 8.35 (0.93) 7.43 (1.09) 7.94 (1.20)
High-risk Typical 8.17 (1.26) 8.20 (1.16) 8.33 (1.30)
Low-risk Typical 8.67 (0.71) 8.69 (0.60) 8.75 (0.50)
a

Standard deviations shown in parentheses.

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