Table 4.
Mean and SD of cognitive scores, VABS scores and autism severity measures for the groups with and without food selectivity.
| Food selectivity− | Food selectivity+ | F | p | η2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | M(SD) | n | M(SD) | ||||
| Age | 1072 | 49.4 (29.0) | 116 | 53.3 (33.5) | 1.8 | 0.181 | 0.002 |
| DQ/IQ | 691 | 78.9 (21.8) | 58 | 76.9 (21.8) | 0.5 | 0.491 | 0.001 |
| VABS | 842 | 75 | |||||
| Communication | 79.6 (16.0) | 73.4 (15.7) | 10.4** | 0.001 | 0.011 | ||
| DLS | 76.2 (12.7) | 70.0 (11.6) | 16.4*** | 0.000 | 0.018 | ||
| Socialization | 73.8 (11.1) | 68.7 (9.8) | 15.1*** | 0.000 | 0.016 | ||
| Motor skills | 85.2 (14.1) | 80.3 (15.0) | 8.1** | 0.005 | 0.009 | ||
| ADOS-CSS | 1024 | 113 | |||||
| SA | 6.9 (2.2) | 7.2 (2.2) | 2.2 | 0.138 | 0.002 | ||
| RRB | 8.1 (1.7) | 8.2 (1.7) | 0.5 | 0.488 | 0.000 | ||
| ADI-R | 1052 | 115 | |||||
| Social interaction | 14.3 (9.3) | 16.7 (6.5) | 7.3** | 0.007 | 0.006 | ||
| Communication | 10.3 (4.0) | 11.7 (3.5) | 12.6*** | 0.000 | 0.011 | ||
| RRB | 4.8 (2.5) | 5.8 (2.5) | 13.9*** | 0.000 | 0.012 | ||
***
p < 0.001,
**
p < 0.01.