Functional autonomic nervous system profile in children with autism spectrum disorder

Table 4 Associations between cardiac variables and demographic, anxiety, and performance measures for the ASD group

	Age	IQ	RCADS GAD	Performance
Baseline HR	-1.57 ± 0.70 ^∗
HR speaking-pre baseline		0.18 ± 0.05 ^∗∗	-0.15 ± 0.06 ^∗
HR speaking-post baseline		0.19 ± 0.06 ^∗∗	-0.18 ± 0.06 ^∗	0.08 ± 0.04 ^∗
RSA Eyes-pre baseline		-0.02 ± 0.005 ^∗∗
RSA Eyes-post baseline		-0.01 ± 0.005 ^∗

Only significant regression slopes (β) are reported. ^∗P < 0.05, ^∗∗P < 0.005. HR: heart rate; RSA: respiratory sinus arrhythmia; speaking: public speaking task; Eyes: Reading the Mind in the Eyes task; RCADS: Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale; GAD: generalized anxiety disorder.

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