Table 5.

Effect of serum VA level on the scores of CBNS-R2016 in the ASD children at different gender groups.

CNBS-R2016	Boys (n = 767)	P	Girls (n = 176)	P	Total (n = 943)	P
	β (95% CI)		β (95% CI)		β (95% CI)
Gross motor	0.079 (2.599 to 43.533)	0.027	0.032 (−38.166 to 58.457)	0.679	0.070 (2.058 to 39.480)	0.030
Fine motor	0.024 (−12.868 to 26.136)	0.504	0.069 (−23.753 to 62.839)	0.374	0.032 (−8.870 to 26.413)	0.329
Adaptive behavior	0.048 (−6.032 to 34.234)	0.170	0.151 (3.835 to 97.569)	0.034	0.066 (1.445 to 38.275)	0.035
Language	0.080 (3.391 to 54.324)	0.026	0.141 (−4.341 to 109.497)	0.070	0.089 (9.034 to 55.210)	0.006
Personal-social	0.078 (2.009 to 42.391)	0.031	0.104 (−14.632 to 18.023)	0.179	0.085 (6.018 to 42.748)	0.009
General quotient	0.073 (0.625 to 36.679)	0.043	0.120 (−7.931 to 74.712)	0.113	0.082 (4.595 to 37.411)	0.012

β (95% CI), regression coefficient (95% confidence interval).

CNBS-2016R, Children Neuropsychological and Behavior Scale-Revision 2016.

Multivariate Linear Regression Models were employed to analyze the association between serum VA level and scores of CNBS-R2016 scale, with age as covariant.