Research Article
Increased Serum Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha, Resistin, and Visfatin in the Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case-Control Study
Table 3
The adipokine serum levels/BMI ratio in autistic children and healthy controls.
| | Adipokine serum levels/BMI | Autistic children | Healthy children | t-value | p value | | | | Boys/girls 22/8 | Boys/girls 22/8 |
| TNF-α pg/mL/
BMI (kg/m2 ) | | | | | | All subjects | | | 3.8 | 0.00 | | Boys | | | −1.7 | 0.09 | | Girls | | | 0.29 | 0.77 | Visfatin ng/mL/
BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | | All subjects | | | 3.4 | 0.001 | | Boys | | | −0.89 | 0.38 | | Girls | | | 0.72 | 0.47 | Resistin ng/mL/
BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | | All subjects | | | 3.8 | 0.000 | | Boys | | | −2.16 | 0.05 | | Girls | | | 0.75 | 0.46 |
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Data are shown as mean ± standard error. values from Student’s -test. Autism versus control, .
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