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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Oct;48(10):3367–3376. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3598-6

Table 4.

Developmental concern distributions and Pearson’s correlation coefficients, n = 538

Developmental concern Pearson’s correlation coefficients
Developmental concern
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Did not sleep as much as other children 1.00
Lost skills or regressed 0.10 1.00
Abnormal motor development/muscle tone 0.08 0.02 1.00
Delayed/absent response to own name 0.21 0.21 0.13 1.00
Did not point/gesture/imitate 0.20 0.16 0.17 0.42 1.00
Repetitive behaviors: hand-flapping/rocking 0.17 0.24 0.22 0.19 0.27 1.00
Did not engage in pretend/imitative play 0.17 0.14 0.15 0.32 0.44 0.25 1.00
Delayed/abnormal babbling/speaking 0.08 0.13 0.12 0.22 0.34 0.15 0.25 1.00
Other people expressed concerns −0.01 0.04 0.09 −0.01 −0.01 0.07 0.05 −0.12 1.00
Focused on objects/self than other people 0.15 0.16 0.14 0.16 0.24 0.24 0.27 0.08 0.04 1.00
Unusual responses to touch/taste/smell/sounds 0.24 0.02 0.22 0.11 0.12 0.29 0.20 −0.03 0.15 0.26 1.00
Had poor eye contact 0.17 0.11 0.13 0.36 0.27 0.22 0.26 0.09 0.07 0.31 0.21 1.00
Did not/rarely initiate social interaction 0.11 0.12 0.18 0.28 0.34 0.31 0.35 0.17 0.07 0.36 0.21 0.39 1.00