TABLE 3.

Clinical characteristics of ASD subgroups.

	ASD-T	ASD-A	t	p
CARS-score	31.58 ± 1.52	31.50 ± 1.30	0.114	0.910
ADOS-communication	5.50 ± 0.97	5.11 ± 2.26	0.497	0.626
ADOS-social interaction	7.80 ± 1.69	6.78 ± 1.48	1.396	0.181
ADOS-score	13.30 ± 2.45	11.89 ± 3.41	1.044	0.311
GDDS-adaptive	65.07 ± 17.59	59.55 ± 14.64	0.847	0.406
GDDS-gross motor	72.07 ± 9.55	69.22 ± 10.26	0.679	0.505
GDDS-fine motor	64.07 ± 13.18	61.22 ± 5.97	0.606	0.551
GDDS-language	59.43 ± 17.67	45.71 ± 10.37	2.425	0.025*
GDDS-social	61.50 ± 13.18	56.22 ± 9.62	1.034	0.313

Data are the mean ± SD.

CARS, Child Autism Rating Scale; ADOS, Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale; GDDS, Gesell Developmental Diagnosis Scale; SD, standard deviation. *p < 0.05.