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Table 3 Linear regression analysis of mtDNA and eighth-root transformed mtDNA and by sex in autism cases and controls

From: Elevated mitochondrial DNA copy number in peripheral blood cells is associated with childhood autism

 

mtDNA

Eighth-root transformed

Parameter

Beta

SE

P

Beta

SE

P

Overall

      

Intercept

12.296

3.050

<.0001

1.248

0.103

<.0001

Control vs autism

−6.037

1.375

<.0001

−0.173

0.046

0.0003

Female vs Male

−0.317

1.904

0.8679

−0.0207

0.064

0.7469

Age

−0.062

0.056

0.2636

−0.0021

0.0019

0.2715

Male

      

Intercept

11.976

2.906

<.0001

1.259

0.097

<.0001

Control vs autism

−5.849

1.490

0.0001

−0.172

0.050

0.0008

Age

−0.064

0.058

0.2735

−0.0028

0.0019

0.16

Female

      

Intercept

11.763

8.332

0.172

0.9504

0.2782

0.0025

Control vs autism

−7.284

3.803

0.0685

−0.2144

0.1270

0.1056

Age

−0.032

0.193

0.8705

0.00535

0.0064

0.4143