Introduction
Material and methods
Subjects and methods
Ethics approval and consent
Blood samples
Measurement of calcium
Measurement of potassium
Measurement of sodium
Measurement of magnesium
Statistical analysis
Results
Parameters | Groups | Min. | Max. | Mean ± S.D. | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caspase3 (ng/ml)
| Control | 135.54 | 189.47 | 170.17 ± 13.05 | > 0.001 |
Autistic | 81.94 | 158.28 | 123.40 ± 23.37 | ||
IL6
(pg/ml)
| Control | 303.18 | 394.41 | 343.34 ± 28.16 | |
Autistic | 225.42 | 347.41 | 273.95 ± 30.82 | ||
TNFα
(pg/ml)
| Control | 306.53 | 395.66 | 360.85 ± 29.05 | |
Autistic | 129.44 | 381.28 | 253.16 ± 64.07 | ||
Ca
2+
(mmol/L)
| Control | 9.49 | 14.77 | 12.29 ± 1.53 | |
Autistic | 3.17 | 6.85 | 4.42 ± 0.87 | ||
Mg
2+
(mmol/L)
| Control | 1.42 | 2.47 | 1.86 ± 0.35 | 0.411 |
Autistic | 1.00 | 2.76 | 1.97 ± 0.43 | ||
Na
+
(mmol/L)
| Control | 76.20 | 139.92 | 120.92 ± 21.94 | 0.036 |
Autistic | 65.18 | 123.69 | 105.06 ± 17.43 | ||
K
+
(mmol/L)
| Control | 1.20 | 7.90 | 4.76 ± 2.04 | > 0.001 |
Autistic | 3.60 | 22.30 | 10.95 ± 5.26 | ||
Ca
2+
/Mg
2+
| Control | 5.01 | 8.41 | 6.74 ± 0.99 | |
Autistic | 1.40 | 6.82 | 2.44 ± 1.15 | ||
Na
+
/K
+
| Control | 10.45 | 109.14 | 34.55 ± 26.01 | 0.004 |
Autistic | 4.15 | 19.57 | 10.41 ± 4.73 |
Parameters | R (Person Correlation) | Sig. | |
---|---|---|---|
Caspase3 ~ IL6
| 0.627 | + | > 0.01 |
Caspase3 ~ TNFα
| 0.598 | + | |
Caspase3 ~ Ca
2+
| 0.731 | + | |
Caspase3 ~ Na
+
| 0.486 | + | |
Caspase3 ~ K+
| -0.412 | - | |
Caspase3 ~ Ca
2+
/Mg
2+
| 0.666 | + | |
Caspase3 ~ Na
+
/K
+
| 0.459 | + | |
IL6 ~ TNFα
| 0.469 | + | |
IL6 ~ Ca
2+
| 0.680 | + | |
IL6 ~ Na
+
| 0.505 | + | |
IL6 ~ K
+
| -0.423 | - | |
IL6 ~ Ca
2+
/Mg
2+
| 0.691 | + | |
IL6 ~ Na
+
/K
+
| 0.551 | + | |
TNFα ~ Ca
2+
| 0.633 | + | |
TNFα ~ Ca
2+
/Mg
2+
| 0.521 | + | |
Ca
2+
~ K
+
| -0.582 | - | |
Ca
2+
~ Ca
2+
/Mg
2
+
| 0.912 | + | |
Ca
2+
~ Na
+
/K
+
| 0.503 | + | |
Mg
2+
~ Na
+
| -0.537 | - | |
Mg
2+
~ Ca
2+
/Mg
2+
| -0.476 | - | |
Na
+
~ Ca
2+
/Mg
2+
| 0.552 | + | |
Na
+
~ Na
+
/K
+
| 0.526 | + | |
Ca
2+
/Mg
2+
~ Na
+
/K
+
| 0.592 | + | |
K
+
~ Ca
2+
/Mg
2+
| -0.604 | - | |
K
+
~ Na
+
/K
+
| -0.650 | - | |
Na
+
~ K
+
| -0.363 | - | 0.049 |
Parameter | Area under the curve | Best Cutoff value | Sensitivity % | Specificity % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Caspase3
| 0.968 | 161.17 | 100.0% | 86.7% |
IL6
| 0.952 | 301.95 | 84.0% | 100.0% |
TNFα
| 0.915 | 297.67 | 76.0% | 100.0% |
Ca
2+
| 1.000 | 8.17 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Mg
2+
| 0.592 | 1.76 | 97.2% | 53.3% |
Na
+
| 0.786 | 124.50 | 100.0% | 71.4% |
K
+
| 0.900 | 7.00 | 84.0% | 85.7% |
Ca
2+
/Mg
2+
| 0.981 | 4.41 | 95.8% | 100.0% |
Na
+
/K
+
| 0.888 | 17.14 | 93.8% | 78.6% |