Characteristics | ASD (n = 84) | GP (n = 159) | DD (n = 49) | Chi-square | |
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N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | P-values | ||
ASD versus GP | DD versus GP | ||||
Gender | |||||
Male | 73 (86.9) | 139 (87.4) | 29 (59.1) | 0.89 | < 0.01 |
Female | 11 (13.1) | 20 (12.6) | 20 (40.8) | ||
Maternal ethnicity | |||||
Hispanics | 20 (23.8) | 73 (45.9) | 28 (57.1) | ||
Non-Hispanics | 64 (76.2) | 86 (54.1) | 21 (42.9) | < 0.01 | 0.12 |
Maternal place of birth | |||||
US | 45 (53.6) | 71 (44.7) | 16 (32.7) | < 0.01 | 0.26 |
Mexico | 9 (10.7) | 58 (36.5) | 22 (44.9) | ||
Other | 30 (35.7) | 30 (18.8) | 11 (22.4) | ||
Maternal age (median and inter-quartile range) | 31 (28 – 34) | 28 (24 – 32) | 29 (25 – 32) | < 0.01 | 0.68 |
Gestational age (GA in days) | |||||
Preterm (GA < 260 days) | 9 (10.7) | 23 (14.5) | 11 (22.5) | 0.42 | 0.20 |
Term (GA ≥ 260 days) | 75 (89.3) | 136 (85.5) | 38 (77.5) | ||
GA median and interquartile range | 276 (269 – 280) | 274 (267 – 279) | 276 (265 – 282) | 0.22 | 0.90 |
Child age (in days at newborn blood draw, median and inter- quartile range) | 1.22 (1.02 – 1.76) | 1.18 (1.03 – 1.56) | 1.40 (1.05 – 2.27) | 0.38 | 0.03 |
Birth year | |||||
2000 | 23 (27.4) | 31 (19.5) | 26 (53) | 0.15 | < 0.01 |
2001 | 61 (72.6) | 128 (80.5) | 23 (47) |