Parasympathetic Response Profiles Related to Social Functioning in Young Children with Autistic Disorder

Table 1

Characteristics of the children in the autistic (AUT) and nonautistic (non-AUT) groups.

	AUT	non-AUT	𝑃
Age—mean (SD)	4.3 (1.2)	3.6 (1.0)	ns
Gender (𝑛)			ns
Male	12	7
Female	3	1
Race/ethnicity (𝑛)			ns
White	15	7
Black	0	1
SES-Hollingshead (𝑛)			ns
Mid/high (levels I–III)	15	7
Low (levels IV-V)	0	1
Vineland scores—mean (SD)
Communication	64.1 (14.6)	73.4 (16.9)	ns
Daily living	56.6 (5.2)	71.4 (10.9)	<.01
Socialization	57.4 (5.1)	74.4 (12.9)	<.01
Motor	66.2 (11.5)	76.4 (15.6)	ns
Vineland composite	56.3 (6.1)	69.3 (14.8)	<.01
IQ estimate—mean (SD)	71.9 (28.7)	75.0 (18.7)	ns