Table 7A.
Correlation of covariates with language outcomes: Prenatal drug exposures and maternal characteristics.
| Test | Prenatal drug exposures
|
Maternal characteristics
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st trimester cigarette exposure
|
Average prenatal cigarette exposure
|
3rd trimester alcohol exposure
|
Parity
|
Maternal marital status
|
Maternal PPVT
|
Mother’s age at birth
|
Maternal Block Design
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| r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| CTOPP Composite Scores | ||||||||||||||||
| Phonological Awareness | −.04 | .44 | −.05 | .32 | −.18 | .0006* | −.13 | .01* | .08 | .11 | .23 | <.0001* | −.12 | .02* | .24 | <.0001* |
| Elision | −.12 | .02* | −.14 | .01* | −.20 | .0002* | −.15 | .003* | .09 | .08 | .22 | <.0001* | −.11 | .04* | .22 | <.0001* |
| Blending Words | .08 | .12 | .08 | .14 | −.10 | .06 | −.05 | .36 | .04 | .41 | .16 | .003* | −.09 | .07 | .18 | .001* |
| Phonological Memory | −.02 | .70 | −.01 | .82 | −.09 | .10 | −.05 | .36 | −.005 | .92 | .08 | .12 | .005 | .92 | .08 | .12 |
| Memory for Digits | .008 | .88 | .006 | .91 | −.04 | .50 | −.02 | .66 | −.04 | .42 | .006 | .91 | .02 | .74 | .04 | .47 |
| Nonword Repetition | −.05 | .31 | −.04 | .51 | −.14 | .01* | −.07 | .20 | .06 | .28 | .17 | .001* | −.02 | .74 | .12 | .02* |
| Rapid Naming | .03 | .52 | .04 | .49 | −.10 | .07 | .02 | .65 | −.03 | .55 | .02 | .66 | .008 | .88 | .002 | .97 |
| Rapid Digit Naming | .05 | .39 | .05 | .32 | −.08 | .13 | .04 | .50 | −.02 | .76 | −.002 | .97 | .002 | .97 | −.01 | .81 |
| Rapid Letter Naming | .03 | .60 | .02 | .64 | −.10 | .06 | .02 | .67 | −.04 | .43 | .05 | .37 | .02 | .67 | .01 | .85 |
| TOLD–I:3 Composite Quotients | ||||||||||||||||
| Sentence Combining | −.14 | .009* | −.14 | .008* | −.16 | .003* | −.13 | .01* | .09 | .07 | .20 | .0002* | −.06 | .23 | .11 | .04* |
| Picture Vocabulary | .09 | .11 | .08 | .14 | −.17 | .002* | −.16 | .002* | .06 | .28 | .31 | <.0001* | .05 | .34 | .27 | <.0001* |
| Word Ordering | −.01 | .83 | −.02 | .76* | −.13 | .01* | −.07 | .19 | .07 | .17 | .26 | <.0001* | .05 | .38 | .15 | .005* |
| Identifying Generals | .12 | .02* | .12 | .03* | −.14 | .007* | −.14 | .009* | −.04 | .40 | .32 | <.0001* | .07 | .21 | .26 | <.0001* |
| Grammatical Comprehension | .08 | .12 | .10 | .05* | −.10 | .05* | −.06 | .26 | −.03 | .61 | .21 | <.0001* | .09 | .07 | .12 | .02* |
| Identifying Malapropisms | .11 | .04* | .10 | .07 | −.09 | .09 | −.08 | .13 | .008 | .89 | .24 | <.0001* | .11 | .04* | .20 | .0002* |
*
p ≤ .05.