Table 2 Analysis of differences in demographics and confounding variables between the two groups before intervention.

From: The effects of an integrated sports and arts intervention on response joint attention (RJA) eye-movement characteristics in children with mild autism

Variable

Control group

Experimental group

t

P

Age

9.16 ± 1.52

9.50 ± 1.44

-0.549

0.589

BMI

20.00 ± 3.38

20.58 ± 2.91

-0.453

0.655

CARS

33.50 ± 1.62

34.33 ± 2.13

-1.086

0.289

TFF

0.55 ± 0.09

0.61 ± 0.07

-1.645

0.114

FC

32.91 ± 3.82

34.25 ± 4.97

-0.736

0.469

TFD

9.97 ± 1.42

10.08 ± 1.32

-0.193

0.849

TVD

15.97 ± 1.51

16.71 ± 2.43

-0.886

0.385

VC

21.58 ± 2.74

21.16 ± 2.85

0.364

0.719

The ratio of correct to incorrect for first response

0.87 ± 0.34

0.87 ± 0.47

-0.049

0.961

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