Table 2.
Characteristics of participants in ADOS-2-PL sample.
| Toddler Module | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autism | Non-autism ASD | ASD group | Non-spectrum group | |
| N (females, males) | 24 (5, 19) | 10 (4, 6) | 34 (9, 25) | 42 (14, 28) |
| Chronological age M (SD) | 24.13 (4.6) | 23.79 (4.9) | 24.03 (4.48) | 23.54 (3.96) |
| Age range (in months) | 15–33 | 16–30 | 15–33 | 13–31 |
| DSR M (SD) | 82.16 (33.43) | 104.0 (39.11) | 90.35 (36.76) | 101.63 (26.99) |
| Module 1 | ||||
| Autism | Non-autism ASD | ASD group | Non-spectrum group | |
| N (females, males) | 30 (6, 24) | 11 (5, 6) | 41 (11, 30) | 40 (17, 23) |
| Chronological age M (SD) | 54.7 (19.44) | 42.91 (18.66) | 51.53 (18.59) | 42.53 (18.84) |
| Age range (in months) | 30–103 | 32–45 | 30–103 | 32–164 |
| Leiter Scale score M (SD) | 79.0 (26.49) | 64.86 (33.48) | 75.70 (28.31) | 86.42 (24.20) |
| Module 2 | ||||
| Autism | Non-autism ASD | ASD group | Non-spectrum group | |
| N (females, males) | 17 (3, 14) | 23 (4, 19) | 40 (7, 33) | 41 (15, 26) |
| Chronological age M (SD) | 72.81 (18.6) | 55.77 (8.99) | 62.97 (13.72) | 69.97 (20.99) |
| Age range (in months) | 39–148 | 35–92 | 35–148 | 24–107 |
| Leiter Scale score M (SD) | 91.11 (13.06) | 106.0 (32.24) | 101.41 (28.33) | 114.2 (22.72) |
| Module 3 | ||||
| Autism | Non-autism ASD | ASD group | Non-spectrum group | |
| N (females, males) | 18 (1, 17) | 21 (4, 17) | 39 (5, 34) | 43 (14, 29) |
| Chronological age M (SD) | 139.83 (40.43) | 115.71 (25.88) | 126.85 (35.10) | 119.79 (34.21) |
| Age range (in months) | 79–233 | 82–171 | 79–233 | 68-188 |
| WISC-R Verbal IQ M (SD) | 76.08 (21.69) | 103.82 (19.40) | 95.55 (26.61) | 97.40 (28.06) |
| WISC-R Nonverbal IQ M (SD) | 85.50 (22.54) | 107.35 (21.49) | 96.24 (22.34) | 103.29 (26.57) |
| Module 4 | ||||
| Autism | Non-autism ASD | ASD group | Non-spectrum group | |
| N (females, males) | 24 (2, 22) | 15 (4, 11) | 39 (6, 33) | 42 (16, 26) |
| Chronological age M (SD) | 19.97 (4.48) | 19.22 (3.04) | 19.73 (6.99) | 22.89 (6.99) |
| Age range (in years) | 15-35.4 | 16.3-27.4 | 15-27.4 | 15.9-42.3 |
| WAIS-R Verbal IQ M (SD) | 98.6 (16.47) | 115.5 (10.61) | 103.43 (16.36) | 83.71 (27.24) |
| WAIS-R Nonverbal IQ M (SD) | 99.40 (33.86) | 95.0 (7.07) | 98.14 (27.88) | 83.57 (35.41) |
DSR, Children Development Scale, for DSR mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) are given for the overall score; WISC-R, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Revised; WAIS-R, The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised.