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Table 1 Sample characteristics at study entry by group

From: Behavioral, cognitive, and adaptive development in infants with autism spectrum disorder in the first 2 years of life

 

HR-ASD-High

HR-ASD-Mod

HR-Neg

LR-Neg

p a

(n = 31)

(n = 18)

(n = 161)

(n = 98)

(4-Group)

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Gender

<0.01

 Male

26

83.9

15

83.3

88

54.7

55

56.1

 

 Female

5

16.1

3

16.7

73

45.3

43

43.9

 

Ethnicity

0.97

 White

27

87.1

15

83.3

140

87.0

84

85.7

 

 Non-white

4

12.9

3

16.7

21

13.0

14

14.3

 

Family income

0.83

 Not answered

0

0.0

1

5.6

6

3.7

4

4.1

 

 <$75,000/year

12

38.7

8

44.4

65

40.4

41

41.8

 

 > = $75,000/year

19

61.3

9

50.0

90

55.9

53

54.1

 

Maternal education

0.02

 No college

12

38.7

8

44.4

48

29.8

19

19.4

 

 College degree

10

32.3

5

27.8

75

46.6

37

37.8

 

 Graduate degree

9

29.0

5

27.8

38

23.6

42

42.9

 
 

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

 

Child gestational age (week)

38.6

1.42

39.1

1.17

39.0

1.24

39.2

1.42

0.41

Age at visits (month)

 6 month visit

6.8

0.82

6.6

0.64

6.8

0.76

6.7

0.71

0.67

 12 month visit

13.1

0.88

12.8

0.68

12.9

0.75

12.9

0.76

0.59

 24 month visit

24.5

0.80

25.1

2.19

25.1

3.08

25.5

3.1

0.30

ADOS total score at 24 months

17.4

3.53

11.0

2.00

2.6

2.06

2.33

2.0

<0.0001

  1. aFisher’s exact test for categorical variables (gender, family income, maternal education) and ANOVA for continuous variables (gestational age and age at visits). All tests are two-sided at a significance level of .05