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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Autism Res. 2017 Apr 12;10(8):1417–1423. doi: 10.1002/aur.1791

Table 2.

Post-Pubertal Whole Blood Serotonin Levels in Males and Females

Male (N=68) Female (N=14) Total (N=82)
Hyperserotonemia 17 3 20
Hyperserotonemia (%) 25% 21% 24%
Normoserotonemia 51 11 62
WB5-HT Mean (ng/mL) 213 222 215
Standard Deviation 92 77 89
Std. Error of Mean 11 21 10
Skewness .93 .76 .89
Age: Mean (SD) 16.46 (4.72) 17.99 (4.71) 16.72 (4.72)
Race: (WB5-HT Mean)
African-American 8 (251) 3 (263) 11 (254)
Asian-American 2 (87) 0 2 (87)
Caucasian 50 (211) 9 (216) 59 (212)
Caucasian/Hispanic 7 (194) 2 (194) 9 (194)
Mixed Race 1 (292) 0 1 (292)
Native American/Alaskan 1 (288) 0 1 (288)
Ethnicity: (WB5-HT Mean)
Hispanic/Latino 7 (213) 2 (194) 9 (209)
Non Hispanic Latino 61 (213) 12 (228) 73 (216)