Table 3.
Gesture types produced by each HR group at 3 years
| Behaviour | ND
|
LD
|
ASD
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | AD | Range | % | Median | AD | Range | % | Median | AD | Range | % | |
| Conventional | 4 | 1.78 | 0–7 | 89 | 3 | 1.75 | 1–9 | 100 | 2 | 1.80 | 0–6 | 71 |
| Deictic—Point | 4 | 1.70 | 0–10 | 89 | 1 | 1.94 | 0–7 | 69 | 0 | 1.84 | 0–6 | 29 |
| Deictic—Show | 1 | 1.48 | 0–5 | 56 | 2 | 1.82 | 0–9 | 69 | 2 | 1.22 | 0–3 | 57 |
| Iconic | 0 | 0.20 | 0–1 | 11 | 0 | 0.14 | 0–1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sign | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | 0–7 | 29 |
| Functional Act | 0 | 0.86 | 0–3 | 22 | 0 | 1.17 | 0–6 | 31 | 0 | 0.24 | 0–1 | 14 |
Note: The table includes descriptive statistics for each behaviour at three years: AD, average deviation; and % = percentage of children producing each behaviour.