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Table 2 Summary statistics of relative mtDNA in autism cases and controls and by sexin autism cases and controls

From: Elevated mitochondrial DNA copy number in peripheral blood cells is associated with childhood autism

 

Status

N

Variable

Mean

Median

SD

Min

Max

25th Pctl

75th Pctl

Overall

          
 

Control

83

mtDNA

3.052

1.257

4.252

0.004

23.702

0.041

5.153

 

sqrtmtDNA

0.960

1.029

0.288

0.495

1.485

0.671

1.227

 

Autism

78

mtDNA

9.165

1.624

11.596

0.015

35.585

0.807

19.004

 

sqrtmtDNA

1.135

1.062

0.293

0.590

1.563

0.974

1.445

Male

          
 

Control

67

mtDNA

3.056

0.979

4.454

0.004

23.702

0.045

4.885

 

sqrtmtDNA

0.955

0.997

0.289

0.495

1.485

0.679

1.219

 

Autism

69

mtDNA

8.994

1.617

11.369

0.015

35.585

0.762

18.724

 

sqrtmtDNA

1.131

1.062

0.295

0.590

1.563

0.967

1.442

Female

          
 

Control

16

mtDNA

3.037

1.585

3.399

0.014

8.473

0.036

6.681

 

sqrtmtDNA

0.979

1.057

0.291

0.589

1.306

0.660

1.267

 

Autism

9

mtDNA

10.478

2.570

13.908

0.038

32.939

1.030

20.978

 

sqrtmtDNA

1.167

1.125

0.298

0.665

1.548

1.004

1.463

  1. Note: sqrtmtDNA—Eighth-root transformation of mtDNA.