TABLE 1.

Relationship between the severity and intelligence development of autistic children and the ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 2 (ST8SIA2) mRNA levels.

Item	N	ST8SIA2 (Mean ± SD)	F	p
ABC scores
≤53	19	1.21 ± 0.91
54–66	21	0.79 ± 0.42	2.198	0.119
≥67	26	0.96 ± 0.53
CARS scores
<30	13	1.29 ± 0.77
30–36	26	1.04 ± 0.73	4.166	0.020
37–60	29	0.73 ± 0.37
PPVT scores
<70	36	0.89 ± 0.63
70–85	18	0.99 ± 0.82	0.424	0.656
>85	12	1.08 ± 0.41

Three children did not complete the ABC scale, one child did not complete the CARS scale, and three children did not complete the PPVT scale.

The bold values represented statistical significance (p < 0.05).