Table 1

Summary of demographic variables on brain samples

Variable

Control, n = 13

Autism, n = 8

P-value

Age, years^a

15.6 ± 6.5 (8 to 28)

16.4 ± 8.3 (8 to 29)

0.818^b

Gender, n (%)

1.0^c

Male

9 (69)

6 (75)

Female

4 (31)

2 (25)

PMI, hours^{a, d}

15.0 ± 5.6 (5 to 22)

18.0 ± 14.5 (9 to 50)

0.509^b

^aMean ± SD (range)

^bDerived from two-tailed unpaired t-test.

^cDerived from Fisher's exact test.

^dPMI, postmortem interval.

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