Table 1. Participant characteristics including: IQ (WASI), chronological age, mental age (WASI/100 * chronological age), gender, SRS-2 T-score, and ADOS-2 severity scores for the ASD group.
Group | Participants | WASI (full-scale) | Chron. Age | Mental Age | Gender | SRS-2 SCI T-Score | SRS-2 RBB T-Score | ADOS-2 Severity Score |
ASD | 14 | M = 99.42a SE = 4.10 | M = 8.85 SE = .39 | M = 8.86 SE = .57 | 11 M 3 F | M = 77.50b SE = 1.94 | M = 80.07c SE = 2.30 | M = 7.14 SE = .46 |
TD | 14 | M = 112.64a SE = 4.10 | M = 7.94 SE = .39 | M = 8.96 SE = .57 | 11 M 3 F | M = 43.53b SE = 2.01 | M = 46.38c SE = 2.39 | N/A |
a p = .03, 95% CI [−1.28 −25.14].
b p<.0001, 95% CI [39.72 28.20].
c p<.0001, 95% CI [40.52 26.84].
WASI Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, SRS-2 Social Responsiveness Scale, second edition, SCI Social Communication and Interaction, RBB Restricted Interests and Repetitive Behavior, ADOS-2 Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Second Edition.