Table 1.
Clinical features of the patients in the current study.
| Language impairment (51.3%) | No language impairment (48.7%) | Relationship with language impairment* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 9.00 (SD: 2.52) | 8.91 (SD: 3.99) | P > 0.05 |
| ADIR-BV | 17.83 (SD: 3.27) | 8.55 (SD: 1.13) | P < 0.0001 |
| ADIR-BN | 8.92 (SD: 2.71) | 3.64 (SD: 1.43) | P < 0.0001 |
| SCQ | 22.19 (SD: 4.84) | 11.47 (SD: 4.84) | P < 0.0001 |
| VIQ | 82.08 (SD: 20.77) | 111.91 (SD: 10.12) | P = 0.0003 |
| PIQ | 90.83 (SD: 15.74) | 101.36 (SD: 15.34) | P > 0.05 |
| SRS | 89.61 (SD: 16.12) | 79.55 (SD: 27.99) | P > 0.05 |
ADIR-BV, Autism Diagnostic Interview–Revised, Qualitative Abnormalities in Communication, Total Verbal score. ADIR-BN, Autism Diagnostic Interview–Revised, Qualitative Abnormalities in Communication, Total Non-Verbal score. SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire score; VIQ, verbal IQ; PIQ, performance IQ; SRS, Social Responsiveness Scale score.
*
The student's t-test was performed to evaluate whether the the two subgroups classified by the presence of language impairment had different values in each continuous variable.