Table 1.

Characteristics of control and ASD subjects.¹

	Control	ASD
Age (years)	3–12, Median 5	3–15, Median 6
Sex	8F, 15M,	4F, 19M
Primary Diagnosis2	Reactive airway disease and/or allergy: 7	Autistic disorder: 10
Comorbidity2	None	PDD-NOS: 11 Asperger’s disorder: 2 GI dysfunction: 10 Epilepsy: 2 Immune dysfunction: 3 ADHD: 6 Anxiety disorder: 4 Mood disorder: 7
Medication3	albuterol (5), nasal steroid (2)	topiramate (1), valproate (1), risperidone (2), aripiprazole (1), nasal steroid (2), montelukast sodium (3), oxcarbamazepine (1)

¹The total n-umber of subjects for each group is 23.

²The numbers represent the number of subjects with the corresponding diagnosis.

³The medication used during PSG studies. The number in the parentheses presents the number of subject taking the medication.