Table 2.

Correlation analysis of CARS scores of ASD children and their plasma neuropeptide levels.

	Children with ASD
	OXT level (n = 66)		AVP level (n = 59)
	Rho	P	Rho	P
CARS
Total score	0.026	0.835	−0.102	0.444
Relating to people	−0.022	0.860	0.123	0.354
Imitative behavior	−0.017	0.894	−0.175	0.186
Emotional response	−0.061	0.629	−0.025	0.853
Body use	0.168	0.178	−0.186	0.158
Object use	0.056	0.656	−0.231	0.079
Adaptation to change	0.233	0.060	0.028	0.834
Visual response	0.103	0.410	0.137	0.299
Listening response	0.199	0.110	−0.066	0.619
Perceptive response	0.181	0.145	0.082	0.538
Fear or anxiety	0.013	0.917	0.021	0.876
Verbal communication	−0.220	0.076	0.079	0.554
Non-verbal communication	−0.031	0.802	−0.078	0.556
Activity level	−0.037	0.765	−0.191	0.148
Level/consistency of intellective relations	0.020	0.871	−0.063	0.637
General impressions	−0.081	0.519	−0.06	0.654

CARS, Childhood Autism Rating Scale; OXT, oxytocin; AVP, arg⁸-vasopressin.