In certain embodiments, the invention stems from the discovery that analysis of population distribution curves of metabolite levels in blood can be used to facilitate predicting risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or to differentiate between ASD and non-ASD developmental delay (DD) in a subject. In certain aspects, information from assessment of the presence, absence, and/or direction (upper or lower) of a tail effect in a metabolite distribution curve is utilized to predict risk of ASD and/or to differentiate between ASD and DD.
在某些实施方案中,本发明源于发现血液中代谢物
水平的群体分布曲线分析可用于促进预测自闭症谱系障碍(A
SD)的风险和/或区分受试者的自闭症谱系障碍和非自闭症谱系障碍发育迟缓(DD)。在某些方面,评估代谢物分布曲线中尾部效应的存在、不存在和/或方向(上部或下部)的信息可用于预测 A
SD 的风险和/或区分 A
SD 和 DD。