Table 1 Demographic and clinical features of the main sample.

From: Association of self-regulation with white matter correlates in boys with and without autism spectrum disorder

Mean (SD)

ASD

(n = 59)

TDC

(n = 62)

Statistics

P value

Age (years)

12.5 (1.7)

12.0 (2.1)

0.199

Handedness, right (%)

55 (91.7)

60 (96.8)

0.432

Full-scale IQ

106.6 (14.3)

110.2 (11.3)

0.129

Verbal IQ

107.1 (14.1)

110.1 (10.9)

0.214

Performance IQ

105.1 (16.2)

109.1 (13.1)

0.150

Impaired self-regulation

204.8 (42.9)

151.0 (30.8)

< 0.001

Autism diagnostic interview-reviseda

Social

9.7 (5.3)

–

 

Communication

8.8 (4.1)

–

 

Repetitive and stereotyped behaviors

5.1 (2.7)

–

 

Head motion and image quality

Signal-to-noise ratio

27.9 (2.9)

27.3 (2.6)

0.217

Signal dropout counts

13.7 (15.6)

10.8 (12.5)

0.259

  1. aBased on the current behavior algorithms.
  2. ASD, autism spectrum disorder; TDC, typically developing controls; IQ, intelligence quotient; SD, standard deviation.
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