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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicology. 2007 Nov 6;29(2):226–231. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.10.010

Table 2.

Summary and significant associations of maternal autoantibody reactivity patterns for human fetal brain proteins.

Prevalence (%) 37kD & 73kD 37kD 73kd
AU (n=61) 7 (12%)* 15 (25%)* 10 (17%)

 AU Reg (n=36) 6 (17%)* 10 (28%)* 9 (25%)*

 AU EO (n=25) 1 (4%) 5 (21%) 1 (4%)

TD (n=62) 0 (0%) 5 (8%) 6 (9%)

DD (n=40) 0 (0%) 2 (5%) 7 (17%)

Significance (p-value)

AU vs TD 0.0061* 0.0086* 0.2
AU vs DD 0.0401* 0.002* 0.79
AU Reg vs. AU EO 0.223 0.777 0.106
AU Reg vs TD 0.0019* 0.0174* 0.078
AU Reg vs DD 0.0089* 0.0023* 0.388
AU EO vs. TD 0.287 0.0703 1
AU EO vs. DD 0.385 0.0109* 0.4711

AU= autism; TD= typically developing; DD= developmental delay