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. 2018 Jun 21;13(6):e0199138. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199138

Table 2. Correlations among PTSD, somatization, age, and FSIQ.

PTSD symptom Somatization score Age FSIQ
PTSD symptom rho = 0.372 a
p = 0.003
rho = 0.164
p = 0.211
r = -0.081
p = 0.540
Somatization score rho = 0.025
p = 0.844
rho = 0.121
p = 0.344
Age rho = -0.397 a
p = 0.001
FSIQ
Mean ± SD or
Median [IQR]
47.80 ±12.80 58.00
[50.00–64.00]
11.00
[9.00–13.00]
90.63 ± 16.97

a p < 0.05

Pearson’s correlation coefficient for normally distributed data and Spearman’s correlation coefficient for data which are not normally distributed.

PTSD symptoms: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms scores on the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (presented as T-score), Somatization score: somatic problem score on the Child Behavior Checklist (presented as T-score)

FSIQ: full scale intelligence quotient, SD: standard deviation, IQR: interquartile range