Table 1.
Demographic data and fish intake frequency from children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared with a group of healthy children (control group)
| ASD N: 54 |
Control N: 54 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (male) | 45 (83%) | 30 (56%) | 0,002 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 15,9 ± 1,7 | 18,1 ± 1,7 | 0,509 |
| Fish intake (per week) % | |||
| 0 | 7 (13%) | 10 (18%) | 0,109 |
| 1 | 31 (57%) | 38 (71%) | |
| 2 | 13 (24%) | 6 (11%) | |
| 3 | 3 (6%) | 0 | |