Study Affirms Prospect Of Autism Blood Test
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A study published in the June edition of the journal Bioengineering & Translational Medicine is offering further evidence that an algorithm assessing metabolites in blood can distinguish kids with autism.
The method first showed promising results in a paper published last year. In that study of 83 children with autism and 76 neurotypical children, researchers said they were able to correctly determine in 97.6 percent of cases which blood samples came from those on the spectruM.
Researchers used a set of existing data from 154 children with autism that was collected for studies at the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute. The data set included information on 22 of the 24 metabolites that were involved in the original algorithm.
Ultimately, the approach was able to predict autism with 88 percent accuracy, the study found.
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23 Jun 2018, 3:42 am
