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ArticleBioengineering & translational medicine2018

Multivariate techniques enable a biochemical classification of children with autism spectrum disorder versus typically-developing peers: A comparison and validation study.

Daniel P Howsmon, Troy Vargason, Robert A Rubin, Leanna Delhey, Marie Tippett, Shannon Rose, Sirish C Bennuri, John C Slattery, Stepan Melnyk, S Jill James and 2 more

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Article in Bioengineering & translational medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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12 authors.

Daniel P HowsmonDept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy NY 12180.
Troy VargasonCenter for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy NY 12180.
Robert A RubinDept. of Mathematics Whittier College Whittier CA 90602.
Leanna DelheyArkansas Children's Research Institute Little Rock AR 72202.
Marie TippettArkansas Children's Research Institute Little Rock AR 72202.
Shannon RoseArkansas Children's Research Institute Little Rock AR 72202.
Sirish C BennuriArkansas Children's Research Institute Little Rock AR 72202.
John C SlatteryDept. of Pediatrics University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR 72205.
Stepan MelnykDept. of Pediatrics University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR 72205.
S Jill JamesDept. of Pediatrics University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR 72205.
Richard E FryeBarrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85013 and University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix AZ 85004.
Juergen HahnDept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy NY 12180.ORCID 0000-0002-1078-4203

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder which is currently only diagnosed through behavioral testing. Impaired folate-dependent one carbon metabolism (FOCM) and transsulfuration (TS) pathways have been implicated in ASD, and recently a study involving multivariate analysis based upon Fisher Discriminant Analysis returned very promising results for predicting an ASD diagnosis. This article takes another step toward the goal of developing a biochemical diagnostic for ASD by comparing five classification algorithms on existing data of FOCM/TS metabolites, and also validating the classification results with new data from an ASD cohort. The comparison results indicate a high sensitivity and specificity for the original data set and up to a 88% correct classification of the ASD cohort at an expected 5% misclassification rate for typically-developing controls. These results form the foundation for the development of a biochemical test for ASD which promises to aid diagnosis of ASD and provide biochemical understanding of the disease, applicable to at least a subset of the ASD population.

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autism spectrum disorderbiomarkersmultivariate statistical analysis

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PMID30065970
PMCPMC6063877

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