Research Article
Physical Activity and Physical Fitness of School-Aged Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Table 1
Participant demographic information.
| | Children with autism () | Children without autism () | value | | | M ± SD/frequency | Min–max | M ± SD/frequency | Min–max |
| Age | 12.6 ± 2.3 | 9–17 | 9.0 ± 1.8 | 9–14 | 1.49 | 0.23 | Ratio verbal IQ | 60.1 ± 25.2 | 16–110 | 112.3 ± 99.0 | 45–385 | 2.20 | 0.14 | Ratio nonverbal IQ | 65.7 ± 40.0 | 16–172 | 73.1 ± 19.3 | 49–105 | 1.42 | 0.24 | CSS | 8.6 ± 1.54 | 4–10 | | | | | Weight (kg) | 52.0 ± 27.1 | 24–128 | 46.2 ± 14.1 | 31–81 | 3.81 | 0.06 | Height (cm) | 154.4 ± 15.38 | 128–184 | 153.9 ± 14.1 | 134–176 | 0.35 | 0.85 | Gender | M = 9/F = 7 | | M = 6/F = 6 | | | | Maternal education ethnicity | 4 no college/12 college 12 Caucasian/4 other | | 2 no college/11 college 10 Caucasian/3 other | | | |
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Note: M: mean; SD: standard deviation. .
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