Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants with ASD and typically developing controls

	ASD n = 9	Controls n = 9	P value
Sex (M/F)	8/1 (88.9/11.1 %)	8/1 (88.9/11.1 %)	1.00
Race (white)	9 (100 %)	9 (100 %)	1.00
Age (years)	17.6 (1.87)	16.6 (2.62)	0.23
Height (cm)	171.5 (8.26)	173.4 (7.5)	0.38
Height Z-score	−0.02 (1.11)	0.15 (1.20)	0.35
Weight (kg)	70.5 (24.8)	62.2 (4.2)	0.12
Weight Z-score	0.93 (2.36)	0.30 (1.13)	0.27
BMI	25.30 (7.20)	20.71 (2.50)	0.04
BMI Z-score	0.81 (1.50)	0.18 (0.93)	0.03

Values are presented as median and interquartile range or n (%). Wilcoxon rank sum test was used for comparing continuous variables and the Chi square test for categorical variables