Table 1.
Mean characteristic information, standard deviation (in italics), and range (in parenthesis) for males and females.
| Males | Females | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | p value | ||
| Demographics | Age (in years) | 10.25 (1.82) | 8.3–14.0 | 10.08 (1.48) | 8.3–13 | .797 |
| IQ | 98.82 (19.00) | 75–139 | 100.17 (20.06) | 64–129 | .869 | |
| Benton | 40.92 (8.98) | 27–42 | 35.92 (4.29) | 25–44 | .383 | |
| ADOS | Total | 11.64 (5.57) | 1–20 | 10.80 (3.39) | 6–16 | .686 |
| Social affect | 9.64 (4.98) | 1–17 | 8.20 (2.44) | 5–13 | .420 | |
| Restrictive and repetitive behaviors | 2.00 (1.26) | 0–4 | 2.64 (1.50) | 0–5 | .295 | |
| ADI | Communication | 18.82 (2.89) | 9–24 | 17.08 (4.36) | 10–30 | .630 |
| Reciprocal social interaction | 23.36 (3.61) | 18–29 | 20.00 (6.65) | 7–27 | .122 | |
| Restrictive and repetitive behaviors | 6.82 (2.32) | 4–11 | 4.58 (2.19) | 2–8 | .022* | |
| Age of onset | 3.64 (1.29) | 1–5 | 3.58 (0.99) | 0–5 | .632 | |
| Vineland | Communication | 84.33 (11.73) | 65–112 | 85.50 (11.82) | 74–106 | .819 |
| Social | 77.33 (13.52) | 57–104 | 80.50 (10.43) | 62–96 | .552 | |
*
p <.05