Atypical brain lateralisation in the auditory cortex and language performance in 3- to 7-year-old children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder: a child-customised magnetoencephalography (MEG) study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants whose P50m dipole sources were reliably estimated in both hemispheres

	TD	ASD	t	p
Number of subjects	33	30
Gender (male/female)	27/6	25/5
Chronological age (months)	67.4 (10.7)	66.9 (12.0)	0.15	n.s.
Head size (cm)	51.5 (1.5)	51.0 (1.8)	1.23	n.s.
Handedness (right)	33	24
K-ABC
Mental Processing Scale	97.4 (12.8)	94.3 (18.9)	0.75	n.s.
Achievement Scale	96.2 (12.2)	95.3 (21.8)	0.21	n.s.
ADOS
Communication	—	3.9 (2.1)
Reciprocal Social Interaction	—	7.2 (2.3)

K-ABC, Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. ADOS, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.
The values are the mean (standard deviation) for chronological age, head size, scales on the K-ABC and scores of ADOS.
n.s., no significance.

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