Research Article
Assessment of Hair Aluminum, Lead, and Mercury in a Sample of Autistic Egyptian Children: Environmental Risk Factors of Heavy Metals in Autism
Table 6
Comparison between selected risk factors and aluminum hair levels among autistic cases.
| | Aluminum level (mg/kg) | P | Mean | ±SD | Median |
| Age group | | | | | <6 years | 63.89 | 35.51 | 58.12 | 0.101 | ≥6 years | 55.35 | 39.80 | 48.91 | Fish consumption | | | | | Yes | 49.34 | 19.68 | 58.12 | 0.880 | No | 59.50 | 38.43 | 52.93 | Dental amalgam | | | | | Positive | 55.21 | 42.73 | 41.14 | 0.205 | Negative | 61.25 | 35.46 | 54.87 | House age | | | | | 1 | 58.06 | 34.78 | 52.93 | 0.931 | 2 | 60.05 | 40.51 | 53.08 | Rho(D) immune globulin | | | | | Positive | 55.30 | 25.43 | 54.82 | 0.994 | Negative | 59.40 | 38.61 | 52.93 | Aluminum pans | | | | | Positive | 61.71 | 38.46 | 53.92 | 0.04 | Negative | 36.58 | 24.78 | 30.64 |
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