Table 2.
Participant characteristics for Recalling Sentences language-impaired ASD versus LAD groups.
| Participant Characteristics | LAD-LI (n = 7) |
ASD-LI (n = 8) |
p-value | p-value vs. NT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex assigned at birth | 4:3 | 0:8 | p <.05* | ASD-LI p =.41 |
| (F:M) | LAD-LI p <.01 | |||
| Handedness | 1:5† | 3:5 | p =.50 | ASD-LI p =.15 |
| (L:R) | LAD-LI p =.93 | |||
| Age | 12.97(2.82) | 14.09(3.71) | p =.40 | ASD-LI p =.72 |
| LAD-LI p =.37 | ||||
| Recalling Sentences | 6.29(1.25) | 5.62(1.41) | p =.28 | ASD-LI p <.001 |
| (CELF-4) | LAD-LI p <.001 | |||
| Core Language | 97(12) | 91(17) | p =.60 | ASD-LI p <.001 |
| (CELF-4) | LAD-LI p <.001 | |||
| Receptive Vocabulary | 104(10) | 96(14) | p =.30 | ASD-LI p <.001 |
| (PPVT) | LAD-LI p <.001 | |||
| Nonverbal IQ | 105(13) | 108(7) | p =.56 | ASD-LI p =.12 |
| (WISC-IV) | LAD-LI p =.06 | |||
| Social Communication | 16(9) | 23(7) | p =.18 | ASD-LI p <.001 |
| LAD-LI p <.001 | ||||
| K-SADS ADHD Ever | ||||
| Meets criteria for ADHD | 4 | 8 | p <.05* | ASD-LI p <.001 |
| Does not meet criteria for ADHD | 3 | 0 | LAD-LI p <.01 |
Note. Handedness = Edinburgh Hand Dominance (Oldfield, 1971); CELF-4 = Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, fourth edition; WISC-IV = Wechsler Intelligence Scale – Children, fourth edition; SCQ = Social Communication Questionnaire; K-SADS = Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Aged Children; ADHD = Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder symptomology scale from the K-SADS; Recalling Sentences = Subscale from the CELF-4, scaled scores; Core Language = Composite score from the CELF-4, standardized scores. †one participant missing handedness preference; *p <.05; **p <.01; ***p <.001.