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Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2014 Jan 3;38:91–99. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.12.020

Table 5.

Clinical characterization of autistic individuals, whose mothers carry either the 37, 39 or 73 kDa antibrain antibodies (mAb+). Only continuous variables reaching a nominal P < 0.05 are listed. Data are reported as N (%).

Maternal antibody	Continuous variables	mAb+		mAb−		P
Maternal antibody	Continuous variables	N	Mean ± SD	N	Mean ± SD	P
37 kDa	VABS Adaptive behavior composite	13	50.9 ± 15.8	106	71.8 ±24.4	0.008
	Numbers of brothers	18	1.1 ±1.0	264	0.5 ± 0.6	0.012
	Age at verbal language development (mo)	19	29.6 ± 24.2	244	17.0 ±14.4	0.020
39 kDa	ADOS language/communication	31	5.3 ± 2.7	85	6.5 ± 3.0	0.020
	ADOS social interaction	31	9.4 ± 3.0	85	10.6 ±3.1	0.041
73 kDa	Principal component 3 “neurodevelopmental delay”	28	0.37 ± 0.9	102	−0.17 ±0.9	0.009