Sleep disturbances are associated with specific sensory sensitivities in children with autism

Table 3 Correlations across sensory domains

	Visual	Vestibular	Touch	Oral
Autism (n = 69)
Auditory score	P = 0.5*	P = 0.46*	P = 0.46*	P = 0.44*
Auditory score	S = 0.49*	S = 0.41*	S = 0.45*	S = 0.44*
Visual score		P = 0.47*	P = 0.46*	P = 0.5*
Visual score		S = 0.45*	S = 0.49*	S = 0.52*
Vestibular score			P = 0.67*	P = 0.52*
Vestibular score			S = 0.68*	S = 0.53*
Touch score				P = 0.63*
Touch score				S = 0.64*
Control (n = 62)
Auditory score	P = 0.6*	P = 0.61*	P = 0.57*	P = 0.32
Auditory score	S = 0.59*	S = 0.63*	S = 0.61*	S = 0.38*
Visual score		P = 0.53*	P = 0.55*	P = 0.38*
Visual score		S = 0.57*	S = 0.63*	S = 0.55*
Vestibular score			P = 0.75*	P = 0.51*
Vestibular score			S = 0.71*	S = 0.53*
Touch score				P = 0.47*
Touch score				S = 0.50*

Pearson’s (P) and Spearman’s (S) correlation coefficients are presented for each pair of sensory domains in the Sensory Profile for the autism (top) and control (bottom) groups. Asterisks indicate significant correlation coefficients after Bonferroni correction (p < 0.005)

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