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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychiatry (London). 2013 Apr;3(2):169–180. doi: 10.2217/npy.13.14

Table 2.

Demographic data for the three trials

RUPP-PT Pilot (N=17) RUPP -PT RCT (N=75) PreK Pilot (N=16)
Age Range (in years) 4 – 13 4 – 13 3 – 6
Mean Age (SD) (in years) 7.7 (2.6) 7.4 (2.2) 4.9 (0.8)
N (%) N (%) N (%)
Male 14 (82.4) 65 (86.7) 16 (100)
Cognitive Functioning
 ≥70 * 46 (63.0) 10 (62.5)
 <70 * 27 (37.0) 6 (37.5)
Income
 <40,000 5 (29.4) 35 (46.7) 3 (18.8)
 40–60,000 8 (47.1) 11 (14.7) 3 (18.8)
 60–90,000 4 (23.5) 16 (21.3) 2 (12.5)
 >90,000 0 (0.0) 13 (17.3) 8 (50.0)
Ethnicitya
 Caucasian 15 (88.2) 59 (78.7) 13 (81.3)
 African-American 2 (11.8) 9 (12.1) 0 (0.0)
 Hispanic 2 (11.8) 4 (5.3) 2 (12.5)
 Other 1 (5.9) 3 (4.0) 1 (6.3)
Diagnosis
 Autistic Disorder 11 (64.7) 49 (65.3) 7 (43.8)
 Asperger’s Disorder 2 (11.8) 4 (5.3) 0 (0.0)
 PDD-NOS 3 (17.6) 22 (29.3) 9 (56.3)
 Missing 1 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
School Programming (%)
 Special Ed Class/School 1 (64.7) 27 (35.1) 7 (43.8)
 Regular Ed with Services 2 (11.8) 7 (9.1) 3 (18.8)
 Regular Ed Classroom 4 (23.5) 26 (33.8) 6 (37.5)
 Homeschool/No School 0 (0.0) 17 (22.1) 0 (0.0)
*

The RUPP pilot study reported mean IQ scores (X=55.9, SD=22.3)

a

In the RUPP-PT pilot, the total N is greater than 100% because 18% of the participants selected more than one race identification category