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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2021 Oct 29;90(6):874–886. doi: 10.1002/ana.26249

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

All (N=138) ASD (N=34) No ASD (N=104) p value
Sex 0.35
Male 71 (51) 19 (56) 52 (50)
Female 67 (49) 15 (44) 52 (50)
Ethnicity 0.42
Non-Hispanic 112 (81) 26 (76) 86 (83)
Hispanic 26 (19) 8 (24) 18 (17)
Race 0.7
White 120 (87) 29 (85) 91 (88)
Black/African Amer 5 (4) 1 (3) 4 (4)
Asian 4 (3) 2 (6) 2 (2)
Other 2 (1) 0 (0) 2 (2)
Not Reported 7 (5) 2 (6) 5 (5)
Seizures (all) 108 (78) 33 (97) 75 (72) 0.002*
Focal 88 (64) 28 (82) 60 (58) 0.009*
Generalized 22 (16) 8 (24) 14 (13) 0.16
Infantile Spasms 79 (57) 30 (88) 49 (47) <0.0001*
Unclassified 12 (9) 5 (15) 7 (7) 0.15
MSEL Composite DQ <0.0001*
≥70 74 (55) 3 (9) 71 (70)
<70 60 (45) 29 (91) 31 (30)
PLS-5 Total Language <0.0001*
≥70 79 (62) 7 (23) 72 (74)
<70 49 (38) 24 (77) 25 (26)

MSEL=Mullen Scales of Early Learning, DQ= Developmental Quotient, PLS-5=Preschool Language Scale, 5th edition. Results are reported as N (%). Four participants had missing data for MSEL Composite DQ (Total= 134, ASD= 32, No ASD= 102), and 10 participants had missing data for PLS-5 Total Language (Total= 128, ASD= 31, No ASD= 97).