Oxidative Stress in Autistic Children Alters Erythrocyte Shape in the Absence of Quantitative Protein Alterations and of Loss of Membrane Phospholipid Asymmetry

Table 1

(a) Demographic and clinical features of the ASD children

No.	Gender	Age (months)	Onset pattern: 1 (early); 2 (regressive); 3 (mixed)	Brief nonverbal IQ	ADOS score	CARS total score	CARS activity level item score	CARS body use (stereotypies) item score	CARS verbal communication item score	CARS nonverbal communication item score	CARS total number of items whose score was ≥3
1	M	68	1	48	20	41.5	2.5	3	3	3	11
2	M	94	1	52	21	46	3.5	4	4	4	11
3	F	68	3	71	20	43.5	2.5	3	3.5	3	10
4	M	93	2	45	20	48.5	3	4	3.5	3	12
5	M	82	2	55	19	42	3	3	3	3	9
6	M	115	1	52	19	39.5	3	3	3	3	7
7	M	74	3	68	19	41	2.5	3	3	3	9
8	M	99	1	56	16	35	2.5	2	3	3	3
9	M	85	1	62	22	41	2.5	2	3	3	7
10	F	74	1	47	17	38	2	2.5	3	3	7
11	F	124	3	87	21	33.5	2	2	2.5	2.5	4
12	M	129	1	68	19	39	2	2.5	3	3	7
13	M	78	3	82	17	39	3	2.5	3	3	6
14	M	96	1	67	22	44	2.5	3	3	3	11
15	M	84	1	95	18	39.5	2.5	3	3	3	8
16	M	114	1	45	21	47	3	3.5	3.5	3	13
17	M	103	3	47	16	41.5	4	2	3	3	10
18	M	131	1	96	18	35	2	3	2.5	2.5	3
19	F	64	1	75	17	39.5	2.5	2.5	3.0	3.0	6.0
20	F	64	1	74	17	41.0	2.5	2.5	3.0	3.0	7.0
21	M	98	1	49	20	41	2	3.5	2.5	2	9
22	M	133	3	80	13	34	2	1.5	3	2.5	2

Cognitive level: ≥70, normal; 50–69, mild cognitive impairment; 35–49, moderate cognitive impairment; and <35, severe cognitive impairment. (ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders, WHO, 1992). ADOS modules 1 or 2 (total score autism cutoff = 12).

(b) Demographic features of the typically developing children

No.	Gender	Age (months)
1	F	140
2	F	74
3	F	97
4	F	93
5	M	142
6	M	127
7	M	116
8	M	142
9	M	135
10	M	63
11	F	125
12	M	115
13	M	115
14	M	125
15	F	102
16	F	120
17	M	101
18	M	130
19	M	123
20	M	136
21	M	65