Table 1.

Baseline Demographic and Disease Characteristics of 34 autistic patients and their controls.

	Autistic patients	Controls	P
Age, years. Mean ± SE	9.06 ± 3.07	9 ± 3.82	N.S.
Age, years. Median (range)	9.0 (5–14)	8 (1–14)	N.S.
Gender, n
Male	32	31	N.S.
Female	2	3	N.S.
CARS. Mean ± SE
Nonautistic, score <30, n (%)	0
Mild/moderate score 31–36, n (%)	3 (9.68)
Severe, score 37–60, n (%)	29 (90.32)
ADI-R social interaction	27.42 ± 1.71
ADI-R verbal communication	13.57 ± 0.78
ADI-R repetitive behaviors	6.71 ± 2.2
ADOS Social Interaction. Mean ± SE	12.4 ± 1.21
ADOS Communication. Mean ± SE	7.26 ± 1.27
ADOS Stereotyped behaviors. Mean ± SE	3.8 ± 1.97

N.S. = non significant