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Table 1 Participant characteristics (means and standard deviations) for the diagnostic groups (TD, ASD, SLI) and language status groups (NL, LI)

From: The role of nonverbal working memory in morphosyntactic processing by children with specific language impairment and autism spectrum disorders

 

TD Group (n = 36)

ASD Group (n = 27)

SLI Group (n = 21)

NL Group (n = 54)

LI Group (n = 30)

Age (years)

9.5 (1.0)

9.6 (1.2)

9.9 (1.1)

9.5 (1.1)

9.8 (1.0)

Nonverbal IQa

106.8 (10.3)

107.6 (13.9)

101.4 (7.4)

108.3 (12.0)

100.3 (7.8)

SESb

16.2 (2.8)

16.2 (3.2)

16.2 (4.6)

16.4 (3.0)

15.9 (4.0)

Language Comprehensionc

108.4 (13.5)

90.1 (19.9)

81.5 (9.9)

105.8 (13.8)

77.5 (12.1)

Language Productiond

107.9 (12.8)

90.9 (20.7)

77.7 (9.4)

106.4 (12.5)

74.7 (11.2)

Core Languagee

107.2 (12.3)

89.1 (21.0)

76.8 (7.2)

105.4 (11.9)

73.2 (10.8)

Social Communicationf

4.1 (4.1)

18.7 (6.7)

7.7 (5.4)

8.9 (8.5)

11.4 (7.8)

Race/Ethnicity

24 White

24 White

12 White

41 White

19 White

 

6 Black

0 Black

6 Black

6 Black

6 Black

 

1 Asian

0 Asian

1 Asian

1 Asian

1 Asian

 

0 Nat Amg

0 Nat Am

1 Nat Am

0 Nat Am

1 Nat Am

 

5 Multih

3 Multi

1 Multi

6 Multi

3 Multi

 

1 Hisp/Latni

4 Hisp/Latn

3 Hisp/Latn

2 Hisp/Latn

6 Hisp/Latn

  1. Note: TD typical development, ASD autism spectrum disorders, SLI specific language impairment
  2. aWechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-4th Edition Perceptual Reasoning Composite Score
  3. bSocioeconomic status based on mother’s years of education
  4. cClinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-4th Edition (CELF-4) Receptive Language Index Score
  5. dCELF-4 Expressive Language Index Score
  6. eCELF-4 Core Language Score
  7. fSocial Communication Questionnaire score
  8. gNat Am = Native American
  9. hMulti = multiracial/other
  10. iHisp/Latn = Hispanic/Latino