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Table 1 Participant demographic characteristics (for sample 1)

From: Serum and cerebrospinal fluid immune mediators in children with autistic disorder: a longitudinal study

 

Full sample

Subsample with CSF

AUT

TYP

AUT

N

104

54

67

Male, n (%)

86 (83)

41 (76)

55 (82)

Race, n (%)

 Black

20 (19)

4 (7)

12 (18)

 Asian

4 (4)

0

3 (5)

 White

74 (71)

44 (81)

47 (70)

 Multiple races

5 (5)

5 (9)

4 (6)

 Unknown

1 (1)

1 (2)

1 (2)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Hispanic

7 (7)

4 (7)

4 (6)

 Non-Hispanic

97 (93)

49 (90)

63 (94)

 Unknown

0

1 (2)

0

Age, M ± SD

4.41 ± 1.27

3.64 ± 1.11

3.60 ± 0.95

Full scale DQ, M ± SD

50.49 ± 18.04

109.91 ± 12.90

53.42 ± 16.32

Body mass index

16.68 ± 2.21

16.53 ± 1.42

16.52 ± 1.51

Number of samples, n (%)

 1

104 (100%)

54 (100%)

67 (100%)

 2

82 (78)

32 (59)

31 (46)

 3

37 (36)

25 (46)

--

 4

11 (11)

6 (11)

--

Parent reported immunologic historya, n (%)

 None

68 (65)

44 (81)

43 (64)

 Allergies (food, environmental, seasonal)

36 (35)

10 (19)

24 (36)

 Immunodeficiency or autoimmune disorder

0

0

0

Serum basic features, M ± SD

 WBC count

8.15 ± 2.31

7.16 ± 1.73

8.42 ± 2.37

 IgG, mg/dL

838.07 ± 251.71

760.94 ± 188.37

774.52 ± 252.22

 IgM, mg/dL

83.95 ± 35.52

84.89 ± 33.78

80.73 ± 37.48

 IgA, mg/dL

88.05 ± 51.82

86.81 ± 46.77

78.48 ± 46.26

CSF basic features, M ± SD

 WBC count

–

–

0.79 ± 1.03

 Albumin quotient

–

–

2.62 ± 1.60

  1. Data missing for two participants in each group.
  2. Note: Sample size differed slightly for basic laboratory features. Serum WBC count: AUT, n = 101; TYP, n = 52. Serum IgG/IgM/IgA: AUT, n = 95; TYP, n = 52. CSF WBC count, n = 63. CSF albumin quotient: n = 61. Body mass index sample size was AUT (serum), n = 85; TYP, n = 47; AUT (CSF), n = 64