Table 3.

Median values and interquartile range of HERV relative expression in PBMCs from ASD patients, healthy controls and their parents, and in healthy controls.

		HERV-H	HERV-K	HERV-W	HEMO
Children	HC	0.39 (0.15–14.18)*	3.07 (0.09–7.78)	21.47 (15.75–27.42)	1.37 (0.13–2.97)
	ASD	106.71 (60.02–1082.49)	9.73 (5.31–40.92)	1.28 (0.65–3.35)	865.47 (561.49–1132.35)
Mothers	HC	4.41 (1.50–24.91)	1.62 (0.39–3.50)	11.79 (4.63–15.32)	1.48 (0.68–3.48)
	ASD	746.92 (401.15–2241.05)	9.88 (3.56–78.06)	21.82 (12.38–43.07)	1731.02 (903.16–2182.97)
Fathers	HC	4.66 (2.31–12.12)	0.95 (0.07–6.24)	0.49 (0.28–1.77)	1.32 (1.01–50.43)
	ASD	1.64 (0.80–3.28)	1.38 (1.12–27.88)	7.73 (0.89–23.86)	2.4 (1.4–4.19)

^*Median values (IQR).