Table 2. Erythrocyte PUFA levels in children with ADHD (n = 401), ASD (n = 85) and controls (n = 79) as % of fatty acids, and comparisons between groups using one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD post-hoc analyses.

Variable	Group	M ± SD	Comparisons
			Group	M diff	SE	P
EPA	ADHD	0.886 ± 0.563	ASD	0.329	0.073	0.000
			Control	-0.912	0.076	0.000
	ASD	0.557 ± 0.524	Control	-1.241	0.096	0.000
	Control	1.798 ± 0.894
DHA	ADHD	2.281 ± 0.886	ASD	1.430	0.103	0.000
			Control	-2.434	0.107	0.000
	ASD	0.851 ± 0.564	Control	-3.865	0.135	0.000
	Control	4.715 ± 1.020
AA	ADHD	9.726 ± 2.705	ASD	3.485	0.325	0.000
			Control	-0.796	0.335	0.047
	ASD	6.241 ± 3.277	Control	-4.280	0.425	0.000
	Control	10.522 ± 2.056
EPA+DHA	ADHD	3.167 ± 1.254	ASD	1.760	0.148	0.000
			Control	-3.346	0.152	0.000
	ASD	1.407 ± 0.888	Control	-5.106	0.193	0.000
	Control	6.513 ± 1.446
AA/EPA ratio	ADHD	14.314 ± 8.004	ASD	-0.354	0.925	0.922
			Control	6.524	0.954	0.000
	ASD	14.668 ± 8.534	Control	6.878	1.211	0.000
	Control	7.790 ± 5.053
n-3/n-6 ratio	ADHD	0.180 ±0.065	ASD	-0.096	0.009	0.000
			Control	-0.215	0.009	0.000
	ASD	0.277 ± 0.093	Control	-0.118	0.012	0.000
	Control	0.395 ± 0.104