Table 4.

Associations between early motor repertoire and language with p<0.250 using univariable analyses represented by betas with 95%-confidence intervals unadjusted for confounders

Early motor repertoire	MOS (points)	MOS (dich)	FMs	RC	P&	MC
Language test
Early motor repertoire at 3 months
AWST-R						0.300# (-0.188; 0.788)
NVT nouns						0.279# (-0.212; 0.771)
NVT verbs		0.351# (-0.128; 0.830)				0.382# (-0.090; 0.855)
NVT composite						0.391± (-0.080; 0.862)
PPVT-III items						0.299# (-0.189; 0.787)
PPVT-III sets
HAWIK subscale	0.341# (-0.157; 0.839)		0.323# (-0.179; 0.824)			0.628* (0.216; 1.041)
TROG items	0.318# (-0.184; 0.821)		0.409± (-0.074; 0.893)			0.337# (-0.162; 0.893)
TROG blocks			0.295# (-0.211; 0.802)			0.295# (-0.211; 0.802)
Early motor repertoire at 5 months
AWST-R	0.537* (0.072; 1.001)					0.382# (-0.126; 0.891)
NVT nouns
NVT verbs
NVT composite
PPVT-III items	0.362# (-0.132; 0.856)	0.401± (-0.084; 0.887)				0.406± (-0.078; 0.891)
PPVT-III sets	0.327# (-0.132; 0.856)	0.382# (-0.107; 0.872)				0.350# (-0.147; 0.846)
HAWIK subscale	0.497* (0.037; 0.957)		0.319# (-0.183; 0.821)		-0.555* (-0.996; -0.114)
TROG items	0.356# (-0.139; 0.851)
TROG blocks

Key: # stands for p<0.250; ± stands for p<0.100; * stands for p<0.05; ^& we dichotomized this variable for the analyses leading to a group of N > A postural patterns and a group of N =A and N < A; MOS (points), Motor Optimality Score in points; MOS (dich), Motor Optimality Score dichotomised; FMs, fidgety movements; RC, repertoire of co-existent other movements; P, postural patterns; MC, movement character; AWST-R, Aktiver Wortschatztest - Revision; NVT, Noun-Verb Test; PPVT-III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, third edition; HAWIK, Hamburg-Wechsler-Intelligenztest für Kinder, fourth edition; TROG, Test for Reception of Grammar - Deutsch