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Table 2 The relation between the treatment compliance to the language development, CARS results, and autism spectrum disorder

From: Co-occurrence of delayed language development and autism spectrum disorder in children with metabolic disorders

 

Treatment compliance

Test of sig

Compliant

Non-compliant

N (%)

N (%)

p-value

Sig

Language development

NLD

12 (19.35%)

2 (5.26%)

0.049(C)

S

DLD

50 (80.65%)

36 (94.74%)

CARS

No

40 (88.89%)

22 (66.67%)

0.016(F)

S

Mild to moderate

5 (11.11%)

11(33.33%)

Severe

0 (0%)

(0%)

Autism

No

57 (91.94%)

27 (71.05%)

0.006(C)

S

Yes

5 (8.06%)

11 (28.95%)

  1. NLD normal language development. S significant. F Fisher exact test. C chi-square