Table 7.
ANOVA group comparisons of anti-HERV-env levels between mothers and children of both groups.
| ASD | HCs | ANOVA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 23 | n =19 | ||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F | df | p | |
| child HERV-H-env (229–241) | 0.040 | 0.01 | 0.44 | 0.05 | 0.33 | 1.41 | 0.56 |
| mother HERV-H-env (229–241) | 0.037 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 1.41 | 0.77 |
| child HERV-W-env (248–262) | 0.060 | 0.04 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.02 | 1.41 | 0.87 |
| mother HERV-W-env (248–262) | 0.320 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.97 | 1.41 | 0.32 |
| child HERV-K-env (19–37) | 0.036 | 0.11 | 0.57 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 1.41 | 0.76 |
| mother HERV-K-env (19–37) | 0.490 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 1.41 | 0.63 |
Antibody levels were evaluated by indirect ELISA, and the optical density (OD) values were used to determine mean and standard deviation (SD).