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. 2014 Jan 14;44(7):1633–1640. doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2033-x

Table 1.

Subjects’ demographic variables

ASD DD p valuea
Number of subjects 50 28 NA
Gender (male:female) 42:8 22:6 0.55
Age (m) 29.92 ± 5.54 28.25 ± 4.38 0.17
DQb 68.00 ± 12.14 74.54 ± 15.76 0.07
CARSc 34.76 ± 4.32 28.61 ± 4.90 0.00**
ADI-R sociald 21.26 ± 4.96 12.63 ± 6.07 0.00**
ADI-R communicationd 12.04 ± 2.57 8.46 ± 3.85 0.00**
ADI-R behaviord 3.65 ± 2.16 1.89 ± 1.89 0.00**

** p < 0.01

a p value for gender using χ 2 test; other p values for the comparison between ASD and DD are based on two-sample t tests

bBased on the Bayley scales of infant development (BSID)

cBased on the childhood autism rating scale (CARS)

dBased on the autism diagnostic inventory-revised (ADI-R)