Analysis of clinical and psychological characteristics of 225 children with autism spectrum disorder based on the C-PEP-3 scale

Table 6 Relationship between scores of functional areas and age

Categories	Mean	SD	r
Imitation (P)	4.991	2.372	0.331b
Perception (P)	6.524	1.683	0.204b
Fine motor (P)	4.751	1.876	0.485b
Gross motor (P)	8.773	1.454	0.422b
Hand-eye coordination (P)	7.013	2.29	0.557b
Cognitive performance (P)	6.862	3.871	0.318b
Verbal cognition (P)	5.72	3.748	0.352b
Emotions (S)	1.182	1.249	0.011
Interpersonal relationships (S)	1.427	1.528	0.01
Game and item preferences (S)	1.258	1.51	0.013
Sensory patterns (S)	2.404	1.964	0.01
Language (S)	3.027	2.33	-0.07

^bP < 0.01.