Molecular Autism

Table 6 Odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals for ASD according to elements in amniotic fluid

From: Autism spectrum disorders, endocrine disrupting compounds, and heavy metals in amniotic fluid: a case-control study

	Crude			Adjusted^a
	n (cases/controls)	OR (95% CI)	p	n (cases/controls)	OR (95% CI)	p	FDR (q_value)
Fe (μg/L)	37/51	0.999 (0.996, 1.001)	0.255	37/50	0.999 (0.997, 1.001)	0.449	0.677
Cu (μg/L)	37/51	0.991 (0.978, 1.005)	0.211	37/50	0.997 (0.981, 1.012)	0.685	0.771
Zn (μg/L)	37/51	0.999 (0.996, 1.002)	0.673	37/50	0.999 (0.995, 1.002)	0.491	0.698
Se (μg/L)	37/51	0.977 (0.649, 1.469)	0.910	37/50	1.058 (0.644, 1.740)	0.823	0.823
I (μg/L)	37/51	0.996 (0.978, 1.014)	0.674	37/50	0.981 (0.959, 1.003)	0.087	0.437
Cr (μg/L)	37/51	1.019 (0.403, 2.576)	0.968	37/50	0.377 (0.051, 2.764)	0.337	0.650
Mn (μg/L)	37/51	1.106 (0.878, 1.394)	0.393	37/50	1.065 (0.841, 1.347)	0.602	0.771
As (μg/L)	37/51	1.257 (0.856, 1.846)	0.244	37/50	1.496 (0.924, 2.424)	0.101	0.437
Cd (μg/L)	37/51	4.418 (0.099, 197)	0.444	37/50	5.935 (0.101, 349.3)	0.392	0.662
Pb (μg/L)	37/51	1.086 (0.615, 1.918)	0.776	37/50	1.300 (0.657, 2.575)	0.451	0.677

FDR (q_value) false discovery rate
^aAdjusted for children’s birth year, children’s sex, mother age at delivery, father age at child birth, birth weight, gestational age at birth, gestational week at sampling, Apgar score, parity, and congenital malformation

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