Table 5 Estimated associations between serum 5-HT levels and the scores of SRS, CARS and communication warning behavior of CNBS-R2016 in the ASD boys
Behavior subscales | Quartiles 1 (≤ 113 ng/ml) | Quartiles 2 (113–165 ng/ml) | P | Quartiles 3 (>165 ng/ml) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |||
SRS scale scores | |||||
Social awareness | Reference | 1.060 (1.011 to 1.112) | 0.016 | 1.075 (1.026 to 1.127) | 0.003 |
Social cognition | Reference | 1.016 (0.982 to 1.051) | 0.363 | 1.037 (1.003 to 1.073) | 0.034 |
Social communication | Reference | 1.014 (0.997 to 1.032) | 0.116 | 1.017 (1.000 to 1.035) | 0.053 |
Social motivation | Reference | 1.028 (0.997 to 1.061) | 0.079 | 1.033 (1.002 to 1.066) | 0.038 |
Autistic mannerisms | Reference | 1.015 (0.989 to 1.042) | 0.271 | 1.027 (1.001 to 1.054) | 0.045 |
Total score | Reference | 1.006 (1.000 to 1.013) | 0.069 | 1.009 (1.002 to 1.016) | 0.010 |
CARS scale scores | |||||
Total score | Reference | 1.018 (0.995 to 1.042) | 0.135 | 1.037 (1.014 to 1.061) | 0.002 |
Communication Warning Behavior | Reference | 1.000 (0.992 to 1.008) | 0.972 | 1.010 (1.002 to 1.018) | 0.014 |