Table 1.

BLINDED STUDY demographics for children with autism and autism spectrum disorders by maternal race/ethnicity (n=330)

	White	Hispanic	Asian	P value
	n=224	n=85	n=21
Maternal age (Mean SD)	31.4 ± 5.2	31.2 ± 5.6	32.8 ± 5.6	0.44
Child’s age				0.35
2 year olds (24–35 months)	22.3%	21.2%	15.0%
3 year olds (36–47 months)	38.8%	35.3%	25.0%
4 year olds (48–59 months)	35.7%	36.5%	60.0%
5 year olds (60 months+)	3.1%	7.1%	0.0%
Maternal education
Less than high school	1.3%	11.8%	4.8%	<0.0001
High school	8.0%	15.3%	0.0%
Some college	38.4%	40.0%	33.3%
College degree	36.2%	28.2%	14.3%
Graduate / Profession degree	16.1%	4.7%	47.6%
Child’s vaccination status
Up-to-date	81.9%	92.6%	87.0%	0.27
Behind	16.5%	5.6%	13.0%
None	1.7%	1.9%	0.0%
Child’s cognitive/adaptive function level
Low	74.9%	80.5%	76.2%	0.91
Mixed	9.9%	7.3%	9.5%
High	15.3%	12.2%	14.3%
Primary language is English	97.8%	67.1%	76.2%	<0.0001
SD Standard Deviation