Table.
Descriptive table of study subjects.
| Group | Number | Mean age | SD |
| Autistic subjects | |||
| Female | 13 | 5.87 | 1.80 |
| Male | 67 | 6.60 | 2.80 |
| Total | 80 | 6.48 | 2.66 |
| Siblings | |||
| Female | 19 | 6.70 | 2.00 |
| Male | 32 | 6.26 | 2.71 |
| Total | 51 | 6.43 | 2.45 |
| Controls | |||
| Female | 45 | 6.35 | 2.54 |
| Male | 41 | 5.81 | 2.52 |
| Total | 86 | 6.10 | 2.53 |