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Table 1 Subject characteristics

From: Dysfunction of orbitofrontal and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices in children and adolescents with high-functioning pervasive developmental disorders

Characteristic

PDD (n= 19)

Controls (n= 19)

P value

Age (months) (mean ± SD)

158.84 ± 21.48

157.42 ± 23.81

0.848

Full IQ (mean ± SD)

95.95 ± 12.83

97.32 ± 9.48

0.711

Verbal IQ (mean ± SD)

92.96 ± 13.54

97.21 ± 12.88

0.652

Performance IQ (mean ± SD)

95.26 ± 13.54

97.84 ± 7.24

0.880

Gender (n (%))

   

Male

17(89.5)

17(89.5)

 

Female

2(10.5)

2(10.5)

 

Handedness (n (%))

   

Right-handed

16(84.2)

16(84.2)

 

Left-handed

2(10.5)

2(10.5)

 

Ambidextrous

1(5.3)

1(5.3)

 
  1. The demographic and clinical characteristics of the study subjects are shown. PDD pervasive developmental disorders, SD standard deviation, IQ intelligence quotient.