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Published in final edited form as: Autism Res. 2018 Aug 16;12(1):39–52. doi: 10.1002/aur.1982

Table 4.

Pearson correlation (up right) and partial correlation^† (bottom left) coefficients for TD and ASD group between cardiac measures and social and cognitive abilities

	TD						ASD

	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.

1. Heart Rate		−.855^***	.432^***	.294^*	.065	−.184		−.839^***	−.169	−.242^*	−.027	.164
2. Heart Rate Variability	−.843^***		−.326^**	−.331^**	−.038	.121	−.788^***		.233	.270^*	.073	−.147
3. Expressive Language	.242	−.134		.613^***	.155	−.237	−.163	.301^*		.832^***	.463^***	−.102
4. Receptive Language	.202	−.235	.531^***		.098	−.314^*	−.237	.323^**	.652^***		.461^***	−.330^**
5. Socialization Skills	−.180	.101	.016	.059		−.357^**	−.071	.128	.391^**	.409^***		−.365^*
6. Executive Functioning	−.029	.030	−.164	−.318^*	−250^*		.174	−.161	.115	−.225	−.320^**

p < .05

^**

p < .01

^***

p < .001

^†

partial correlations are controlled for age at session 2 and visual reception score