Table 5.

Behavioral characteristics of different social subtypes.

	Subtypes			F	P
	Aloof	Passive	Active-but-odd
Childhood autism rating scale, mean (SD)
Number of case	32	35	26
Relating to people	3.16 (± 0.65)	2.77 (± 0.52)	2.48 (± 0.52)	10.34	< 0.001
Imitative behavior	2.69 (± 0.58)	2.36 (± 0.49)	2.02 (± 0.22)	14.53	< 0.001
Emotional response	3.16 (± 0.76)	2.63 (± 0.71)	2.33 (± 0.60)	10.67	< 0.001
Body use	1.86 (± 0.89)	1.97 (± 0.61)	1.83 (± 0.61)	0.36	0.70
Subject use	2.92 (± 0.72)	2.54 (± 0.67)	2.17 (± 0.65)	9.16	< 0.001
Adaptation to change	1.64 (± 0.76)	1.84 (± 0.69)	1.50 (± 0.44)	2.07	0.13
Visual response	2.86 (± 0.50)	2.73 (± 0.46)	2.40 (± 0.45)	7.03	0.001
Listening response	2.55 (± 0.68)	2.70 (± 0.39)	2.37 (± 0.52)	2.88	0.06
Perceptive response	1.91 (± 0.81)	1.94 (± 0.60)	1.60 (± 0.47)	2.42	0.09
Fear of anxiety	1.88 (± 0.70)	1.80 (± 0.61)	1.56 (± 0.45)	2.12	0.13
Verbal communication	3.25 (± 0.72)	2.59 (± 0.60)	2.27 (± 0.51)	19.24	< 0.001
Non-verbal communication	3.02 (± 0.41)	2.56 (± 0.54)	2.21 (± 0.62)	17.27	< 0.001
Activity level	2.33 (± 0.78)	2.34 (± 0.65)	2.31 (± 0.71)	0.18	0.98
Level of intellective relations	3.17 (± 0.81)	2.44 (± 0.86)	1.79 (± 0.72)	21.40	< 0.001
General impression	3.23 (± 0.84)	2.64 (± 0.75)	2.27 (± 0.53)	12.94	< 0.001
Total score	39.61 (± 6.02)	35.86 (± 5.90)	31.10 (± 4.27)	16.95	< 0.001
Autism behavior checklist, mean (SD)
Number of case	32	35	27
Sensory	10.28 (± 4.46)	6.60 (± 5.08)	4.19 (± 3.27)	14.41	< 0.001
Relating	17.09 (± 6.76)	11.51 (± 7.13)	9.22 (± 6.37)	10.77	< 0.001
Stereotypes and object use	9.84 (± 7.28)	3.40 (± 3.46)	3.70 (± 3.73)	15.89	< 0.001
Language	14.16 (± 7.61)	11.37 (± 7.67)	7.81 (± 6.51)	6.37	0.003
Self-help and social	11.06 (± 5.12)	7.23 (± 4.45)	7.60 (± 4.36)	6.59	0.002
Total score	62.94 (± 23.15)	40.11 (± 19.38)	32.52 (± 18.01)	18.40	< 0.001