Table 2 Correlation coefficients between postural measurements and demographic, cognitive and ASD clinical ratings

From: Postural orientation and equilibrium processes associated with increased postural sway in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

TD (n = 21)	Age	FSIQ	PIQ	VIQ
SS_COP_ML	−0.671**	−0.118	−0.245	−0.108
SS_COP_AP	−0.480	−0.123	−0.167	−0.137
AP_COP_ML	−0.789***	−0.069	−0.247	0.063
AP_COP_AP	−0.057	−0.080	−0.068	−0.050
ML-COP_ML	0.395	0.140	0.257	0.104
ML_COP_AP	−0.351	0.176	0.054	0.279
AP_MI	−0.666**	−0.309	−0.324	−0.290
ML_MI	−0.211	−0.134	−0.116	−0.114
SS_Length	−0.704***	−0.135	−0.155	−0.171
AP_Length	0.008	0.216	−0.045	0.299
ML_Length	0.203	0.286	0.171	0.394
ASD (n = 22)	Age	FSIQ	PIQ	VIQ	ADI-R Social	ADI-R Comm	ADI-R RRB	ADOS RRB
SS_COP_ML	−0.363	−0.063	−0.089	−0.044	0.066	−0.070	−0.093	0.211
SS_COP_AP	−0.286	−0.250	−0.360	−0.125	0.085	0.114	−0.288	0.605**
AP_COP_ML	−0.626**	0.141	0.110	0.149	0.092	−0.038	−0.094	0.138
AP_COP_AP	0.504	0.085	0.066	0.072	0.183	−0.019	0.211	−0.133
ML-COP_ML	0.298	−0.184	−0.250	−0.111	0.090	−0.050	0.070	0.347
ML_COP_AP	−0.549**	0.164	0.055	0.237	−0.060	−0.088	−0.063	0.266
AP_MI	0.212	−0.026	−0.154	0.088	0.457	0.299	0.305	−0.172
ML_MI	−0.328	−0.026	−0.183	0.122	0.130	−0.083	−0.049	0.241
SS_Length	−0.265	−0.125	−0.387	−0.102	0.218	−0.024	−0.151	0.206
AP_Length	−0.297	0.196	0.235	0.126	−0.087	−0.528	−0.057	0.170
ML_Length	−0.498	−0.117	−0.158	−0.050	−0.034	−0.519	−0.310	0.311

SS_ COP _ML COP_ML standard deviation of static stance, SS_ COP _AP COP_AP standard deviation of static stance, AP_ COP _ML COP_ML standard deviation of dynamic AP sway, AP_ COP _AP COP_AP standard deviation of dynamic AP sway, ML_ COP _ML COP_ML standard deviation of dynamic ML sway, ML_ COP _AP COP_AP standard deviation of dynamic ML sway, AP_MI mutual information of dynamic AP sway, ML_MI mutual information of dynamic ML sway, SS_Length COP trajectory length of static stance, AP_Length COP trajectory length of dynamic AP sway, ML_Length COP trajectory length of dynamic ML sway, FSIQ full scale IQ, PIQ performance IQ, VIQ verbal IQ, ADI-R Social ADI-R social algorithm total, ADI-R Comm ADI-R verbal communication algorithm total, ADI-R RRB ADI-R restricted and repetitive behavior algorithm total, ADOS-RRB ADOS-II restricted and repetitive behavior algorithm total
Statistical significance at **α = 0.01 and ***α = 0.001

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