A Chan Dietary Intervention Enhances Executive Functions and Anterior Cingulate Activity in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of participants in the control and experimental groups.

Characteristics	Control group (𝑛=12)	Experimental group (𝑛=12)	𝑡/𝜒^2	P value
Age (mean ± SD), years	12.33±2.38	11.06±2.43	−1.30	0.21
Gender, male (%)	83.3	83.3	0.00	1.00
IQ (mean ± SD)	60.92±20.83	73.50±33.20	1.11	0.28
Diagnosis			0.17	0.68
Autistic disorder (%)	50	58.3
PDD-NOS (%)	50	41.7
Severity of disorder (mean ± SD)
ADI-R social interaction	21.50±5.42	21.00±8.41	−0.17	0.86
ADI-R communication	14.08±6.16	13.42±3.99	−0.32	0.76
ADI-R stereotyped behavior	4.75±2.77	3.42±3.34	−1.06	0.30
ADI-R abnormal < 36 months	3.50±1.00	3.92±1.44	0.82	0.42

ADI-R: Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised; IQ: intelligence quotient as assessed by the Chinese version of  Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition or the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition; PDD-NOS: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, not otherwise specified.