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

Note: M: mean; SD: standard deviation. .