Table 2.

Correlations between gestational age, birth weight, Mullen Scales of Early Learning developmental quotients, and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule calibrated severity scores.

Variable	BW	VR DQ	FM DQ	RL DQ	EL DQ	SA CSS	RRB CSS
GA	0.68**	0.00	0.07	−0.03	−0.04	0.08	0.05
BW	–	0.01	0	0	−0.01	0.06	0.01
VR DQ		–	0.70**	0.66**	0.64**	−0.36**	−0.24**
FM DQ			–	0.46**	0.43**	−0.33**	−0.19*
RL DQ				–	0.77**	−0.41**	−0.24**
EL DQ					–	−0.28**	−0.16*
SA CSS						–	0.23*

GA, gestational age; BW, birth weight; DQ, Mullen Scales of Early Learning developmental quotient; CSS, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule calibrated severity score; VR, visual reception; FM, fine motor; RL, receptive language; EL, expressive language; SA, social affect; RRB, repetitive and restricted behavior.

^*p < 0.05 (2-tailed).

^**p < 0.01 (2-tailed).