Table 2.
Correlations between the functional connectivity links and the autism symptom severity scores
| Links | ADOS_TOTAL |
ADOS_COMM |
ADOS_SOCIAL |
ADOS_STEREO_BEHAV |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | P | R | P | R | P | R | P | ||
| PreCG.R | ORBsupmed.L | 0.1226 | 0.0322 | 0.1186 | 0.0489 | 0.0947 | 0.0972 | −0.0893 | 0.2489 |
| PreCG.R | PoCG.R | −0.1477 | 0.0137 | −0.0837 | 0.1855 | −0.1408 | 0.0267 | −0.1061 | 0.1179 |
| SFGdor.L | PoCG.L | −0.0704 | 0.2890 | −0.1279 | 0.0435 | −0.0778 | 0.2866 | −0.0031 | 0.9855 |
| SFGdor.L | PoCG.R | −0.1120 | 0.0660 | −0.1493 | 0.0177 | −0.0969 | 0.1370 | −0.0657 | 0.3679 |
| SFGdor.L | MTG.R | −0.0696 | 0.2210 | −0.1231 | 0.0290 | −0.0530 | 0.3886 | −0.0550 | 0.4778 |
| MFG.L | SMA.R | 0.1095 | 0.0725 | 0.1354 | 0.0318 | 0.0670 | 0.3021 | 0.0523 | 0.4996 |
| MFG.L | ORBsupmed.R | 0.1169 | 0.0416 | −0.0021 | 0.9736 | 0.1112 | 0.0495 | −0.0396 | 0.6520 |
| MFG.L | PCL.L | 0.1203 | 0.0467 | 0.1317 | 0.0367 | 0.0824 | 0.1878 | 0.0726 | 0.3486 |
| MFG.L | CAU.R | −0.1302 | 0.0289 | −0.1059 | 0.0794 | −0.0871 | 0.1725 | −0.0346 | 0.6101 |
| MFG.R | PoCG.L | −0.0088 | 0.8802 | 0.0366 | 0.5512 | −0.0030 | 0.9412 | 0.2048 | 0.0047 |
| SMA.R | PoCG.L | −0.1289 | 0.0327 | −0.1890 | 0.0010 | −0.0698 | 0.2830 | −0.0185 | 0.7873 |
| SMA.R | MTG.L | −0.1312 | 0.0231 | −0.1097 | 0.0638 | −0.1228 | 0.0573 | −0.1173 | 0.1048 |
| ORBsupmed.L | CAU.R | 0.1059 | 0.0796 | 0.0131 | 0.8377 | 0.1306 | 0.0425 | 0.0375 | 0.6667 |
| CUN.L | PCUN.L | −0.0464 | 0.4675 | −0.1297 | 0.0416 | 0.0254 | 0.6696 | 0.0807 | 0.2347 |
| CUN.L | PCUN.R | −0.0651 | 0.2959 | −0.1353 | 0.0335 | −0.0385 | 0.5566 | 0.0143 | 0.8172 |
| PoCG.L | PoCG.R | −0.1771 | 0.0034 | −0.1508 | 0.0158 | −0.1349 | 0.0347 | −0.0836 | 0.2432 |
| PoCG.L | PCL.L | −0.1308 | 0.0242 | −0.1638 | 0.0041 | −0.1019 | 0.1107 | −0.0884 | 0.2310 |
| PoCG.R | STG.L | −0.1258 | 0.0421 | −0.0717 | 0.2483 | −0.1427 | 0.0288 | −0.0954 | 0.2016 |
| PCUN.R | MTG.L | 0.1434 | 0.0169 | 0.1561 | 0.0118 | 0.1495 | 0.0173 | 0.1077 | 0.1569 |
| PCL.L | STG.L | −0.1131 | 0.0464 | −0.0761 | 0.2034 | −0.1200 | 0.0425 | −0.0606 | 0.4313 |
| PCL.L | MTG.L | −0.1456 | 0.0120 | −0.1215 | 0.0492 | −0.1292 | 0.0322 | −0.0198 | 0.8011 |
| STG.L | MTG.R | 0.0711 | 0.2314 | 0.0431 | 0.4374 | 0.1254 | 0.0429 | 0.0060 | 0.9233 |
| STG.L | ITG.R | 0.0801 | 0.1738 | 0.0722 | 0.2014 | 0.1276 | 0.0390 | 0.0711 | 0.3179 |
| MTG.L | MTG.R | 0.0823 | 0.1315 | 0.0438 | 0.3935 | 0.1302 | 0.0270 | 0.0998 | 0.1764 |
| MTG.L | ITG.R | 0.1104 | 0.0582 | 0.0888 | 0.1221 | 0.1553 | 0.0119 | 0.1737 | 0.0172 |
ADOS_COMM = ADOS communication score; ADOS_STEREO_BEHAV = ADOS stereotyped behaviour score; ADOS_SOCIAL = ADOS social score; ADOS_TOTAL = ADOS total score; CAU = caudate; CUN = cuneus; PCL = paracentral lobule; PCUN = precuneus; PreCG = precentral gyrus; SFGdor = superior frontal gyrus; SMA = supplementary motor area; L = left; R = right. The functional connectivity measure was that between the blood oxygenation level-dependent signals in the significant voxels in the two AAL regions specified.