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Table 1 Demographic and neuropsychological test characteristics of the sample

From: Load matters: neural correlates of verbal working memory in children with autism spectrum disorder

Variables

ASD

TD

Significant test

%

Mean (SD)

%

Mean (SD)

 

Demographic data

 Sex (% male)

81

 

73

 

χ2(1) = 0.54, p = 0.46

 Age

 

12.56 (1.46)

 

12.96 (1.89)

t(54) = 0.91, p = 0.37

 Full-scale IQ

 

105.52 (14.41)

 

112.27 (7.91)

t(39) = 2.16, p = 0.04*

 ADOS totala

 

11.89 (4.30)

 

N/A

 
  1. *p < 0.05
  2. aADOS scores range from 3 to 20 with greater symptom severity reflected by higher scores