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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Theor Biol. 2016 Dec 29;416:28–37. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.12.021

Table 3.

Means and standard deviations of metabolite concentrations for the neurotypical and ASD groups.

Metabolite Concentration Mean ± SD (μM)
p-value
Neurotypical (n = 82) ASD (n = 93)
Methionine 23.1 ± 3.6   19.0 ± 2.9   < 0.0001
SAM 0.0696 ± 0.0100 0.0600 ± 0.0104 < 0.0001
SAH 0.0152 ± 0.0036 0.0186 ± 0.0047 < 0.0001
Homocysteine 4.74 ± 1.01 5.10 ± 1.20 0.0323
Cysteine 209 ± 17   190. ± 18    < 0.0001
Glutamylcysteine 2.33 ± 0.59 1.85 ± 0.48 < 0.0001
GSH 2.31 ± 0.70 1.71 ± 0.36 < 0.0001
GSSG 0.147 ± 0.058 0.236 ± 0.100 < 0.0001