Table 5.

Significant associations between early motor repertoire and language using multivariable regression analyses adjusted for sex, gestational age and socio-economic status

Language test	Predictors	B (95 % CI)	beta	R²	p model
Early motor repertoire at 3 months
AWST-R ^*1	MC	6.1 (-1.05; 13.367)	0.363	0.358	0.029
NVT composite ^*1	MC	4.5 (-0.908; 9.812)	0.391	0.153	0.098^*5
HAWIK subscale ^*2	MC	3.1 (1.061; 5.106)	0.628	0.395	0.005
TROG items^*2	MC	3.5 (-0.539; 7.572)	0.406	0.294	0.074^*5
Early motor repertoire at 5 months
AWST-R ^*3	MOS (points)	1.0 (0.164; 1.830)	0.486	0.504	0.007
PPVT-III items ^*3	MC	20.0 (-3.772; 43.172)	0.406	0.165	0.094^*5
HAWIK subscale ^*4	MOS (points) P	0.3 (0.164; 0.490) -3.5 (-5.076; -1.862)	0.628 -0.677	0.688	0.000

Key: CI, confidence interval; MC, movement character; FMs, fidgety movements; MOS (points), Motor Optimality Score in points; P, postural patterns; AWST-R, Aktiver Wortschatztest - Revision; NVT, Noun-Verb Test; PPVT, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, third edition; HAWIK, Hamburg-Wechsler-Intelligenztest für Kinder, fourth edition; TROG, Test for Reception of Grammar - Deutsch

^*1

MC was included in the model

^*2

MOS (points), FMs and MC were included in the model

^*3

MOS (points) and MC were included in the model

^*4

MOS (points), FMs, postural patterns were included in the model

^*5

0.05 ≤ p < 0.1, predictor remained in the model