Table 5 Spearman’s correlations between eye-tracking variables and clinical characteristics in the age-restricted ASD group. Correlation coefficients (with corresponding p-values) are reported
Eye-tracking variables | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical Information | SDS | Accuracy of Gaze Shifts | RSDS | RDDS | RT |
ADOS | |||||
 Calibrated Severity Score | -0.265 (0.136) | -0.318 (0.072) | -0.154 (0.401) | -0.244 (0.170) | -0.382 (0.037) |
 Social Affect | -0.323 (0.067) | -0.425 (0.014) | -0.259 (0.152) | -0.225 (0.208) | 0.004 (0.982) |
 Restricted Repetitive Behaviour | -0.24 (0.179) | -0.338 (0.055) | -0.054 (0.769) | -0.148 (0.411) | -0.333 (0.072) |
MSEL | |||||
 Visual Reception, AE | 0.426 (0.021) | 0.471 (0.010) | 0.384 (0.044) | 0.301 (0.113) | 0.015 (0.943) |
 Fine Motor, AE | 0.36 (0.055) | 0.434 (0.019) | 0.307 (0.112) | 0.244 (0.203) | 0.067 (0.747) |
 Receptive Language, AE | 0.54 (0.003) | 0.597 (0.001)* | 0.537 (0.003) | 0.468 (0.010) | -0.034 (0.868) |
 Expressive Language, AE | 0.534 (0.003) | 0.621 (< 0.001)* | 0.517 (0.005) | 0.371 (0.048) | 0.041 (0.843) |
 Verbal DQ | 0.506 (0.005) | 0.588 (0.001)* | 0.482 (0.009) | 0.342 (0.070) | -0.026 (0.901) |
 Non-verbal DQ | 0.378 (0.043) | 0.427 (0.021) | 0.312 (0.106) | 0.208 (0.278) | -0.022 (0.914) |
VABS | |||||
 Communication, SS | 0.563 (0.003) | 0.655 (< 0.001)* | 0.453 (0.023) | 0.307 (0.127) | 0.057 (0.796) |
 Daily Living Skills, SS | 0.424 (0.031) | 0.500 (0.009) | 0.358 (0.079) | 0.298 (0.139) | 0.038 (0.865) |
 Socialisation, SS | 0.421 (0.032) | 0.431 (0.028) | 0.310 (0.132) | 0.179 (0.381) | 0.146 (0.507) |
 Motor Skills, SS | 0.244 (0.229) | 0.296 (0.142) | 0.208 (0.320) | 0.203 (0.320) | -0.276 (0.203) |
SCQ | -0.171 (0.459) | -0.361 (0.107) | -0.025 (0.917) | -0.004 (0.987) | 0.058 (0.820) |