Antibodies in maternal sera and their associations with autism in the offspring
| Cohort C: mothers of children with ASD and individually matched control mothers | |||
| Psychiatric diagnosis of children | Fisher’s p value | ||
| ASD | No ASD | ||
| Positive/Total (%) | Positive/Total (%) | ||
| CASPR2-Ab | 1/95 (1.1) | 2/95 (2.1) | >0.99 |
| NMDAR-Ab | 2/95 (2.1) | 3/95 (3.2) | >0.99 |
ASD, autism spectrum disorder; CASPR2, contactin-associated protein-like 2; NMDAR, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor.