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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Dec;47(12):3967–3982. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3278-y

Table 4.

Mean (SD) Developmental Progress Between Evaluations by Group

AD PDD-NOS ASD-Low MA F p
MSEL Visual Reception .86 (.59) .99 (.51) .48 (.43) 6.693 .002
MSEL Fine Motor .69 (.43) .74 (.41) .27 (.24) 10.732 < .0005
MSEL Receptive Language .77 (.52) .85 (.47) .35 (.34) 8.264 < .0005
MSEL Expressive Language .88 (.60) .99 (.51) .34 (.34) 4.31 .015
VABS Receptive Language .80 (1.32) .76 (.48) .24 (.98) 2.628 .075
VABS Expressive Language .77 (.62) .91 (.7) .41 (.47) 4.777 .01
VABS Interpersonal Relationships .54 (.55) .66 (.58) .13 (.15) 6.942 .001
VABS Play and Leisure .46 (.57) .47 (.51) .14 (.25) 3.062 .049
VABS Coping .50 (.64) .82 (.63) .06 (.27) 8.493 < .0005

Note. Developmental progress is a ratio of mental growth over chronological time elapsed between evaluation time points.