Table 1.
Characteristics |
Typical development (TD) |
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 28) | (n = 12) | ||||||
|
|
|
χ
2
|
df |
P
|
||
Male: female |
15:13 |
9:3 |
1.607 |
1 |
0.205 |
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|
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
U |
|
P
|
Age (months) |
134.1 |
31.1 |
119.3 |
31.9 |
109 |
|
0.081 |
Estimated IQ |
102.6 |
17.8 |
102.0 |
15.0 |
78.5 |
|
0.788 |
Social responsiveness scale T-score | |||||||
Total score |
47.3 |
9.3 |
73.8 |
17.3 |
23 |
|
0.000** |
Social awareness |
45.4 |
10.9 |
65.6 |
12.0 |
25 |
|
0.000** |
Social cognition |
47.8 |
7.5 |
73.5 |
12.5 |
16.5 |
|
0.000** |
Social communication |
47.7 |
8.5 |
70.2 |
19.8 |
38.5 |
|
0.000** |
Social motivation |
45.2 |
9.4 |
57.8 |
17.1 |
87.5 |
|
0.017* |
Autistic mannerisms | 51.6 | 11.5 | 82.3 | 18.0 | 24.5 | 0.000** |
ASD, Autism spectrum disorders; df, degrees of freedom; IQ, intelligence quotient; SD, standard deviation; TD, typical development. Mann–Whitney U test; *P <0.05; **P <0.01.