Table 3.

Summary statistics for clinical outcomes

Measurea	Variable	Baseline Mean (SD)	Week 12 Mean (SD)	p value	Wilcoxon r effect
ABC	Irritability	10.31 (7.6)	4.6 (2.3)	0.225	0.50
	Social withdrawal	14.8 (7.4)	6.2 (3.4)	0.028	0.90
	Stereotypy	8.8 (6.9)	5.1 (1.8)	0.249	0.47
	Hyperactivity	33.3 (6.2)	16.5 (7.7)	0.027	0.90
	Inappropriate speech	3.3 (4.3)	2.3 (3.8)	0.285	0.44
RBS-R	Stereotyped behavior	4.3 (1.7)	4.0 (2.4)	0.577	0.23
	Self-injurious behavior	0.7 (0.8)	1.3 (1.8)	0.157	0.58
	Compulsive behavior	2.8 (3.2)	1.3 (1.6)	0.083	0.71
	Ritualistic behavior	1.2 (1.2)	0.8 (1.2)	0.414	0.33
	Sameness behavior	2.3 (2.4)	2.0 (1.7)	0.680	0.17
	Restricted behavior	2.0 (2.2)	1.2 (1.5)	0.129	0.62
	Total	13.3 (6.1)	10.7 (3.1)	0.248	0.47
SSP	Tactile	31.5 (2.1)	31.7 (2.0)	1.00	0.00
	Taste/smell	18.2 (3.6)	19.4 (1.3)	0.317	0.41
	Movement	13.3 (1.6)	13.7 (1.8)	0.157	0.58
	Sensation	17.5 (4.8)	20.0 (2.4)	0.416	0.33
	Auditory	20.0 (1.9)	22.0 (2.4)	0.144	0.60
	Low energy/weak	16.5 (6.9)	20.5 (5.2)	0.141	0.60
	Visual/auditory	22.3 (2.3)	22.7 (1.5)	0.414	0.33
	Total	139.3	148.8	0.042	0.83
CGI	Improvement score	–	1.7 (0.5)	0.023	0.93

ABC Aberrant Behavior Checklist, CGI Clinical Global Impressions scale, RBS-R Repetitive Behavior Scales—Revised, SSP Short Sensory Profile

^aFor the ABC and RBS-R, lower scores indicate better performance; for the SSP and CGI-Improvement scale, higher scores indicate better performance