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. 2012 Nov 16;2:79–94. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2012.11.006

Table 1.

Mean, standard deviation and range of sample descriptives.

Characteristic Typically developing Autism spectrum p value
Resting state (RS) sample
Sample size 37.0 42.0
Number of females 6.0 6.0 0.81
Age 13.0 +/− 2.0, 9.5–17.8 13.5 +/− 2.4, 9.3–17.9 0.30
Verbal IQ 108.4 +/− 11.0, 86–127 103.6 +/− 12.7, 79–132 0.07
Performance IQ 105.2 +/− 11.9, 76–129 103.5 +/− 14.4, 72–134 0.57
Full scale IQ 106.8 +/− 10.0, 84–128 103.3 +/− 14.0, 79–134 0.19
Mean relative head motion (mm) 0.09 +/− 0.07, 0.03–0.37 0.11 +/− 0.07, 0.04–0.37 0.33
Maximum relative head motion (mm) 0.66 +/− 0.63, 0.10–2.46 0.83 +/− 0.61, 0.15–2.50 0.25
ADOS (Comm + Soc) N/A 11.1 +/− 3.9, 2.19 N/A
ADI total N/A 47.9 +/− 9.8, 23–63 N/A



Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) sample
Sample size 43.0 51.0
Number of females 7.0 6.0 0.53
Age 13.1 +/− 2.4, 9.0–18.0 13.0 +/− 2.8, 8.4–18.2 0.82
Verbal IQ 108.2 +/− 12.6, 86–131 104.3 +/− 13.9, 83–141 0.15
Performance IQ 105.9 +/− 13.2, 76–134 105.0 +/− 14.6, 72.135 0.74
Full scale IQ 108.2 +/− 12.5, 84–134 104.1 +/− 13.2, 79–132 0.15
Mean relative head motion (mm) 0.41 +/− 0.13, 0.27–0.81 0.42 +/− 0.11, 0.26–0.66 0.71
Maximum relative head motion (mm) 1.52 +/− 0.69, 0.96–4.62 1.71 +/− 0.81, 0.90–4.86 0.23
ADOS (Comm + Soc) N/A 10.8 +/− 3.6, 2–19 N/A
ADI total N/A 47.4 +/− 11.6, 16.68 N/A



DTI and RS sample
Sample size 35.0 35.0
Number of females 6.0 5.0 0.74
Age 13.0 +/− 2.1, 9.5–18.0 13.4 +/− 2.6, 9.1–18.2 0.51
Verbal IQ 108.3 +/− 11.5, 86–127 102.9 +/− 13.9, 79–132 0.08
Performance IQ 105.4 +/− 12.1, 76–129 105.1 +/− 14.5, 72–135 0.94
Full scale IQ 107.7 +/− 11.0, 84–128 103.2 +/− 13.6, 79–132 0.13
RS mean relative head motion (mm) 0.09 +/− 0.07, 0.03–0.37 0.10 +/− 0.06, 0.04–0.29 0.38
RS maximum relative head motion (mm) 0.67 +/− 0.65, 0.10–2.46 0.80 +/− 0.57, 0.15–2.10 0.37
DTI mean relative head motion (mm) 0.39 +/− 0.12, 0.27–0.78 0.40 +/− 0.09, 0.26–0.59 0.81
DTI maximum relative head motion (mm) 1.45 +/− 0.59, 1.00–4.62 1.44 +/− 0.47, 0.90–3.17 0.99
ADOS (Comm + Soc) N/A 11.3 +/− 3.8, 2–19 N/A
ADI total N/A 47.8 +/− 9.8, 23–61 N/A

Data is mean +/− standard deviation, minimum–maximum. Columns on the right display p-values for two sample t-tests for each sample characteristic except for sex, which displays p-values from a Chi square test.