Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics
| Variables | ASD (N=31) |
TD (N=31) |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean±SD | N | Mean±SD | N | |||
| Age (yr) | 5.61±2.53 | 31 | 5.65±2.48 | 31 | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Boy | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Girl | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Sedation | 30 | 15 | ||||
| ADOS | ||||||
| Communication | 5.56±1.45 | 27 | - | - | ||
| Social interaction | 8.93±2.51 | 27 | - | - | ||
| Total | 14.56±3.62 | 27 | - | - | ||
| FSIQ | 60.12±20.48 | 26 | 108.76±16.92 | 29 | <0.001 | |
| CARS | 29.86±6.29 | 29 | 15.52±0.73 | 28 | <0.001 | |
| SRS | ||||||
| Awareness | 11.94±3.58 | 17 | 5.95±3.02 | 21 | <0.001 | |
| Cognition | 20.00±5.10 | 17 | 7.05±3.25 | 21 | <0.001 | |
| Communication | 33.18±9.37 | 17 | 7.62±4.54 | 21 | <0.001 | |
| Motivation | 12.88±5.94 | 17 | 5.43±3.60 | 21 | <0.001 | |
| Responsiveness | 13.59±5.73 | 17 | 3.81±3.46 | 21 | <0.001 | |
| Social communication index | 78.00±21.44 | 17 | 26.05±11.75 | 21 | <0.001 | |
| Total | 91.59±26.54 | 17 | 29.86±13.57 | 21 | <0.001 | |
ADOS, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; ASD, autism spectrum disorder; CARS, Childhood Autism Rating Scale; FSIQ, Full Scale IQ; SD, standard deviation; SRS, Social Responsiveness Scale; TD, typical development