Table 5. Comparison of major blood cell populations between Autism and Typical groups.
| Typical Developing controls (N = 35) | Autism (N = 70) | P-Values | ||||
| Cell Population | Trend | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| WBC | ↑ | 7524 | 1783 | 8220 | 2238 | 0.169 |
| Granulocytes | - | 3441 | 1474 | 3582 | 1519 | 0.557 |
| Neutrophils | - | 3398 | 1490 | 3401 | 1435 | 0.747 |
| T cells | - | 1834 | 629 | 1961 | 612 | 0.330 |
| CD4 T cells | - | 1118 | 437 | 1211 | 459 | 0.330 |
| CD8 T cells | - | 664 | 267 | 686 | 249 | 0.560 |
| B cells | ↑ | 542 | 279 | 661 | 255 | 0.003 |
| NK cells | ↑ | 117 | 80 | 161 | 95 | 0.011 |
| Monocytes | - | 446 | 182 | 453 | 188 | 1 |
| Eosinophils | ↑ | 286 | 225 | 438 | 515 | 0.066 |
| Platelets | ↑ | 1430357 | 505854 | 1613025 | 628482 | 0.188 |
N is the number of subjects. Values are absolute cell numbers per microliter. Univariate p-values are shown.