Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Study Participants
Variable | HR-ASD group (N = 91) | TD group (N = 68) | t/x2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | M | SD | Â | |
Child measures | |||||
 Age (months) | 18.20 | 8.45 | 16.11 | 5.34 | 1.754 |
 Sex |  |  |  |  | 0.366 |
  Female | 21 | 20 |  | ||
  Male | 70 | 48 |  | ||
 Gesell (DQ) | |||||
  Language behaviour | 53.78 | 21.57 | 92.51 | 10.76 | −13.502** |
  Personal-social behaviour | 71.14 | 18.09 | 96.73 | 9.36 | −14.806** |
 ADOS | 12.03 | 3.91 | N/S |  | |
Parent measures | |||||
 BAPQ | 111.54 | 12.10 | 98.14 | 17.23 | 5.727** |
 PSI | 77.82 | 15.18 | 66.91 | 17.04 | 4.255** |