Table 3.
Results of the statistical tests for features which are significantly different between NT and ASD groups.
| Feature | Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NT group | ASD group | Test results | |
| Sex | |||
| Male % (n) | 48.68 (92) | 80.95 (51) | Chi-sq = 18.76, p < 0.001, df = 1, N = 252 |
| Female % (n) | 51.32 (97) | 19.05 (12) | |
| Absolute child’s temperature difference day 1 – birth | |||
| > 1 °C % (n) | 14.00 (21) | 41.67 (20) | Chi-sq = 15.31, p < 0.001, df = 1, N = 198 |
| < 1 °C % (n) | 86.00 (129) | 58.33 (28) | |
| CMV | |||
| Immunized % (n) | 36.62 (26) | 76.92 (20) | Chi-sq = 10.83, p < 0.001, df = 1, N = 97 |
| Negative % (n) | 63.38 (45) | 23.08 (6) | |
| Fetal heart rate during labour (FIGO classification) | |||
| Pathological % (n) | 10.20 (15) | 28.89 (13) | Chi-sq = 13.82, p = 0.001, df = 2, N = 192 |
| Suspect % (n) | 28.57 (42) | 8.89 (4) | |
| Normal % (n) | 61.22 (90) | 62.22 (28) | |
| IgG (IU) | |||
| n | 64 | 22 | MWU = 382.5 p < 0.001 |
| Median | 0 | 9950 | |
| Mean | 4675 | 10,913.64 | |
| SEM | 963.19 | 2034 | |
| 95% CI | [2750.23, 6599.77] | [6683.70, 15,143.57] | |
n, number of samples; SEM, standard error of mean; CI, confidence interval; Chi-sq, Chi-squared test; MWU, statistics of Mann–Whitney U test.