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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: Autism Open Access. 2013 Nov 18;3:20727. doi: 10.4172/2165-7890.1000120

Table 9.

ADOS module 3 sub-scores dependent on soy-based formula.

Males Soy (N=172) Non Soy (N=797)
Mean SD Mean SD P
 A1 overall level nonechoed language 0.40 0.49 0.40 0.49 0.91
 A2 speech abnormalities associated with autism 1.4 0.68 1.4 0.63 0.75
 A3 immediate echolalia 0.18 0.46 0.20 0.44 0.56
 A4 stereotyped/idiosyncratic use of words/phrases 1.2 0.65 1.2 0.66 0.62
 A5 offers information 0.28 0.54 0.44 0.65 <0.01
 A6 asks for information 0.92 0.72 1.1 0.76 0.024
 A7 reporting of events 0.62 0.63 0.74 0.71 0.046
 A8 conversation 1.0 0.59 1.1 0.65 0.47
 A9 descriptive, conventional, instrumental or inform gestures 0.56 0.58 0.53 0.63 0.62
 B1 unusual eye contact 1.8 0.55 1.8 0.64 0.18
 B2 facial expression directed to others 0.98 0.51 0.97 0.54 0.84
 B3 language production and linked non verbal comm 0.087 0.32 0.079 0.27 0.73
 B4 shared enjoyment in interaction 0.66 0.69 0.61 0.72 0.48
 B5 empathy/comments on others 1.3 0.68 1.3 0.71 0.30
 B6 insight 1.5 0.63 1.6 0.56 0.025
 B7 quality of social overtures 1.0 0.51 1.1 0.48 0.10
 B8 quality of social response 1.1 0.44 1.1 0.50 0.78
 B9 amount of reciprocal social communication 0.66 0.68 0.75 0.69 0.14
 B10 overall quality of rapport 0.95 0.66 1.1 0.59 0.055
 C1 imagination/creativity 0.80 0.66 0.84 0.70 0.50
 D1 unusual sensory interest in play material/person 0.73 0.84 0.70 0.78 0.63
 D2 hand and finger and other complex mannerisms 0.36 0.63 0.46 0.74 0.10
 D3 self-injurious behavior 0.058 0.26 0.055 0.24 0.89
 D4 excs inter/ref to unus/highly spec topics/objts/rep behav 0.90 0.77 0.96 0.78 0.35
 D5 compulsions or rituals 0.45 0.63 0.51 0.66 0.31
 E1 overactivity/agitation 0.41 0.63 0.36 0.57 0.30
 E2 tantrums, aggression, negative or disruptive behavior 0.087 0.32 0.13 0.37 0.15
 E3 anxiety 0.13 0.35 0.11 0.34 0.48
Females Soy (N=19) Non Soy (N=111)
Mean SD Mean SD P
 A1 overall level nonechoed language 0.53 0.51 0.37 0.48 0.20
 A2 speech abnormalities associated with autism 1.4 0.68 1.3 0.65 0.79
 A3 immediate echolalia 0.11 0.32 0.17 0.44 0.54
 A4 stereotyped/idiosyncratic use of words/phrases 1.0 0.82 1.1 0.64 0.67
 A5 offers information 0.68 0.82 0.32 0.57 0.020
 A6 asks for information 1.2 0.83 1.1 0.81 0.70
 A7 reporting of events 0.84 0.69 0.58 0.65 0.11
 A8 conversation 1.1 0.66 1.1 0.58 0.82
 A9 descriptive, conventional, instrumental or inform gestures 0.89 0.74 0.56 0.64 0.041
 B1 unusual eye contact 1.8 0.63 1.7 0.69 0.72
 B2 facial expression directed to others 1.0 0.47 0.89 0.51 0.39
 B3 language production and linked non verbal comm 0.11 0.32 0.045 0.21 0.29
 B4 shared enjoyment in interaction 0.63 0.68 0.44 0.57 0.19
 B5 empathy/comments on others 1.2 0.76 1.1 0.78 0.94
 B6 insight 1.7 0.65 1.5 0.70 0.18
 B7 quality of social overtures 1.1 0.57 1.0 0.43 0.43
 B8 quality of social response 1.2 0.50 1.1 0.44 0.60
 B9 amount of reciprocal social communication 0.79 0.71 0.65 0.68 0.41
 B10 overall quality of rapport 0.95 0.52 1.0 0.59 0.54
 C1 imagination/creativity 0.79 0.63 0.72 0.65 0.67
 D1 unusual sensory interest in play material/person 0.74 0.81 0.68 0.74 0.78
 D2 hand and finger and other complex mannerisms 0.68 0.82 0.43 0.71 0.16
 D3 self-injurious behavior 0.053 0.23 0.063 0.34 0.90
 D4 excs inter/ref to unus/highly spec topics/objts/rep behav 0.47 0.61 0.84 0.78 0.056
 D5 compulsions or rituals 0.58 0.61 0.54 0.67 0.82
 E1 overactivity/agitation 0.16 0.50 0.26 0.50 0.41
 E2 tantrums, aggression, negative or disruptive behavior 0.053 0.23 0.12 0.38 0.47
 E3 anxiety 0.16 0.50 0.17 0.48 0.91