. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 6.

Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2018 Aug 30;4(3):251–259. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.08.009

Table 2.

Participant t Tests

	Group 1	Group 2	Age t, p	FSIQ t, p	RMSD t, p	Sex χ², p	Handedness^a χ², p	ADOS Total t, p
Contrast 1	L-ASD	H-ASD	−0.001, .99	−20.98, < .001^b	0.23, .82	0.17, .68	0.89, .35	2.56, .02^b
Contrast 2	L-ASD	A-TD	0.013, .90	−11.65, < .001^b	0.77, .44	1.09, .30	0.89, .35	–
Contrast 3	H-TD	H-ASD	−0.40, .69	0.41, .68	−0.70, .49	0.61, .43	0.36, .55	–
Contrast 4	H-TD	A-TD	−0.28, .78	10.89, < .001^b	−0.030, .98	0.46, .50	0.36, .55	–

ADOS, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition; A-TD, average FSIQ typically developing; FSIQ, full-scale intelligence quotient; H-ASD, higher-functioning autism spectrum disorder; H-TD, higher FSIQ typically developing; L-ASD, lower-functioning autism spectrum disorder; RMSD, root mean square displacement.

The handedness data point was not available for 1 participant in the L-ASD group.

p < .05.