The Severity of Autism Is Associated with Toxic Metal Body Burden and Red Blood Cell Glutathione Levels

Table 1

Characteristics of participants. The second number is the standard deviation.

	Total
Total participants	63
Male	57
Female	6
Age (years)	5.6 ± 1.6
Diagnosis	62 autism, 1 Asperger’s
ATEC (total)	62±28
SAS	5.1 ± 2.2
ADOS (communication + social)	15.8 ± 6.5
PDD-BI (modified autism score)	−54.3 ± 62
RBC glutathione (pre-DMSA)	501 ± 246 micromolar