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. 2018 Sep 19;61(9):2337–2346. doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-17-0474

Table 6.

Correlations in linguistic scores from writing and speech samples versus Broca's area volume.

Measure Estimated false discovery rate p value
Writing
Speech
All subjects agPPA & DAOS All subjects agPPA & DAOS
Mean length of utterance r = .17, p = .28 r = −.04, p = .85 r = .28, p = .08 r = .25, p = .22
Word count r = −.1, p = .55 r = −.18, p = .35 r = .12, p = .48 r = .13, p = .52
Verb ratio r = .01, p = .93 r = .04, p = .83 r = .02, p = .89 r = .02, p = .92
Noun ratio r = −.34, p = .03* r = −.29, p = .13 r = −.12, p = .46 r = .02, p = .93
Function word ratio r = .3, p < .05* r = .12, p = .54 r = −.02, p = .9 r = −.13, p = .54
Correct verb ratio r = −.08, p = .61 r = −.37, p < .05* r = .28, p = .09 r = −.07, p = .75
Grammatical utterance ratio r = .35, p = .03* r = .01, p = .94 r = .38, p = .02* r = .07, p = .73
Ungrammatical utterance ratio r = −.36, p = .02* r = −.14, p = .47 r = −.45, p < .0001* r = −.17, p = .39
Nonutterance ratio r = −.18, p = .26 r = .09, p = .65 r = −.07, p = .67 r = .2, p = .32
Semantic error ratio r = −.35, p = .02* r = −.17, p = .38 r = −.39, p = .01* r = −.25, p = .21
Syntactic error ratio r = −.02, p = .88 r = .26, p = .18 r = −.27, p = .1 r = .1, p = .62
Complex utterance ratio r = .24, p = .13 r = .19, p = .34 r = .21, p = .21 r = −.15, p = .47

Note. * indicates significance after false discovery rate correction. agPPA = agrammatic primary progressive aphasia; DAOS = dominant apraxia of speech.