Table 1.
ASD-SOR-Low Group (N = 25) |
ASD-SOR-High Group (N = 24) |
Typically Developing Group (N = 30) |
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Measures | N | % | N | % | N | % | F or χ2 |
Male | 18 | 72 | 19 | 79.17 | 21 | 70 | 0.61 |
Right-handed | 24 | 96 | 23 | 95.83 | 26 | 86.67 | 2.27 |
Medication status | 14 | 56 | 17 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 1.16f |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Age (years) | 13.99 | 2.78 | 13.56 | 3.04 | 13.65 | 2.76 | 0.16 |
Full-scale IQ | 101.68b,c | 15.29 | 104.71 | 16.79 | 112.00b,c | 12.57 | 3.57* |
Verbal IQ | 99.40d,e | 15.17 | 100.13d,e | 19.61 | 109.60d,e | 13.52 | 3.50* |
Performance IQ | 104.56 | 17.64 | 108.88 | 15.21 | 111.50 | 11.67 | 1.50 |
Sensory Over-Responsivity Inventory | |||||||
Tactile count | 2.32 | 2.04 | 7.12 | 3.87 | 0.60 | 0.93 | 47.90*** |
Auditory count | 2.04b,c,d,e | 1.86 | 8.79b,c | 4.90 | 0.30b,c,d,e | 0.65 | 60.60*** |
Short Sensory Profile | |||||||
Tactile sensitivity score | 30.12 | 3.94 | 23.13 | 5.29 | 34.03 | 1.61 | 55.82*** |
Auditory score | 8.28 | 1.86 | 5.75 | 2.01 | 9.83 | 0.46 | 46.74*** |
SOR composite score | −0.13 | 0.35 | 1.11 | 0.65 | −0.77 | 0.17 | 136.24*** |
Scanner measuresa | |||||||
Mean absolute motion | 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.46 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 0.51 |
Mean relative motion | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
Volumes censored | 24.81 | 18.14 | 25.20 | 19.07 | 18.85 | 15.55 | 0.99 |
ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder; IQ, Intelligence Quotient; SD, Standard Deviation; SOR, Sensory Over-Responsivity.
fMRI analysis Ns were: ASD-SOR-Low:21, ASD-SOR-High: 20, TD: 26
Compared between ASD-SOR-Low and ASD-SOR-High; p > .1
Paired groups are significantly different from each other (p < .05). If no superscript, all three groups are significantly different from each other.
Paired groups differ at p < .10.
p < .05.
p < .01.
p < .001.