TABLE 4.

Item factor loadings on the two factors from CFA across the groups.

		Non-verbal mental age		Language level
Factor names		Below 24 months	24 months and above	Few to No words	Some words
Social communication impairment scores	A2	0.91	0.79	0.81	0.79
	A7	0.77	0.70	0.65	0.67
	A8	0.68	0.61	0.60	0.64
	B1	0.91	0.94	0.85	0.99
	B2	0.56	0.55	0.48	0.55
	B3	0.79	0.76	0.73	0.77
	B4	0.88	0.77	0.82	0.78
	B5	0.75	0.65	0.63	0.69
	B6	0.51	0.45	0.41	0.49
	B7	0.73	0.70	0.69	0.67
	B8	0.59	0.55	0.54	0.55
	B9	0.87	0.78	0.85	0.74
	B10	0.78	0.76	0.70	0.75
	B11	0.58	0.54	0.48	0.48
	B12	0.89	0.87	0.87	0.85
Repetitive behaviors and restricted interests scores	D1	0.61	0.62	0.56	0.59
	D2	0.55	0.34	0.56	0.25
	D4	0.57	0.54	0.48	0.62