Two-year follow-up of 90 children with autism spectrum disorder receiving intensive developmental play therapy (3i method)

Table 4 Weight of variables (coefficient and p value) in the CARS score change based on linear regression models

Variable	Coefficient	SD	t-value	P value
Intensity > 30 hours per week or not	−3.1551	3.3548	−0.94	0.3501
Age	0.5723	0.4688	1.221	0.2261
Sex male or not	4.7679	4.0823	1.168	0.2467
CARS score at T0	−0.6568	0.2699	−2.433	0.0175^a
Verbal communication or not at T0^a	−8.9058	4.2459	−2.098	0.0395^a
Listed comorbidity or not	5.7237	4.6317	1.236	0.2206

^aVerbal or non-verbal communication status was defined through ADI-R communication initial assessment

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