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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2009 Nov 30;125(1):e17–e23. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-0958

TABLE 2.

Child Outcomes After 1 and 2 Years of Study Participation

1-y Outcome
2-y Outcome
Group × Time (Baseline vs 1-y)
Group × Time (Baseline vs 2-y)
A/M (N =23)
ESDM (N =24)
A/M (N =21)
ESDM (N =24)
Mean SD Δ Mean SD Δ Mean SD Δ Mean SD Δ F MS P F MS P
Chronological age, mo 38.1 3.8 15.3 38.8 4.4 14.9 52.1 4.3 29.3 52.4 3.4 28.5 0.95 2.18 .334 1.27 6.91 .266
MSEL
Early-learning composite 64.0 13.8 4.4 76.4 23.4 15.4 66.3 15.3 7.0 78.6 24.2 17.6 5.99 1416.90 .018 4.31 1264.38 .044
Receptive language 31.1 11.1 9.8 38.9 15.4 17.8 31.5 10.6 10.2 40.0 16.3 18.9 4.00 745.21 .051 4.14 843.56 .048
Expressive language 33.0 11.5 6.7 36.1 14.2 11.6 30.0 9.2 4.0 36.6 13.6 12.1 1.99 290.43 .165 4.88 748.07 .033
Visual reception 29.0 10.7 −1.7 38.8 16.4 5.6 34.5 13.0 4.5 41.0 17.9 7.8 4.22 621.97 .046 0.63 126.23 .433
Fine motor 26.1 8.6 −5.0 32.7 11.7 −1.3 28.5 9.5 −2.8 33.5 12.2 −0.4 1.32 161.35 .256 0.46 63.81 .503
VABS 63.7 8.8 −6.3 65.7 9.8 −3.8 59.1 8.8 −11.2 68.7 15.9 −0.8 0.85 71.61 .360 7.05 1181.82 .011
Communication 71.0 13.0 1.2 73.5 11.7 5.0 69.4 15.8 −0.7 82.1 21.8 13.7 1.38 175.69 .246 6.38 2300.98 .015
Socialization 68.9 12.1 −3.5 70.0 9.9 −3.8 63.1 9.3 −8.9 69.2 11.6 −4.6 0.01 1.15 .934 1.29 204.57 .263
Daily living skills 65.3 7.1 −7.4 65.6 8.6 −5.3 58.0 8.1 −14.5 64.7 12.4 −6.2 0.89 51.78 .350 6.73 773.34 .013
Motor skills 70.7 12.2 −15.9 75.1 14.4 −12.2 64.1 12.3 −23.1 77.4 19.8 −9.9 0.99 157.43 .326 7.40 1881.65 .009
ADOS severity score 7.3 2.1 0.4 6.5 1.5 −0.7 7.3 1.8 0.3 7.0 1.9 −0.2 3.38 13.15 .072 0.66 3.29 .422
RBS total 23.3 17.5 1.0 15.5 12.3 0.9 22.0 16.3 −0.6 16.7 13.1 2.5 0.001 0.19 .976 0.37 92.50 .545

Δ indicates mean change from baseline.