Re: The Age of Autism: CDC probes vaccines - Study Question

[Guest guest]

To any of you statisticians out there -

Does anyone know how many children will be included in the group

without ASDs? Will these groups be large enough to be able to use

the study results to generalize beyond them to the larger population?

Thanks,

http://tinyurl.com/a4ob2

The Age of Autism: CDC probes vaccines

By DAN OLMSTED

UPI Senior Editor

The CDC is continuing to investigate whether a mercury

preservative in childhood immunizations has caused cases of autism --

despite the fact a report it paid for said such research should end.

The agency wants to determine whether exposure to the vaccine

preservative, called thimerosal, can be linked to autism spectrum

disorders, Glen Nowak, director of media relations at the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention, told Age of Autism on Friday.

The study includes 300 children with ASDs, 200 of whom have full-

syndrome autism, as well as a comparison group of children who do not

have the disorders.