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Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in adolescents born weighing <2000 grams.
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68 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Contribution of the serotonergic system to developmental brain abnormalities in autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2024Review
- Perception of audio-visual synchrony in infants at elevated likelihood of developing autism spectrum disorder.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Risk profiles of the preterm behavioral phenotype in children aged 3 to 18 years.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Motor Performance in Association with Perceived Loneliness and Social Competence in 11-Year-Old Children Born Very Preterm.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Impact of Preterm Birth on Neurodevelopmental Disorders in South Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Immune Dysregulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder: What Do We Know about It?International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- What is known about neuroplacentology in fetal growth restriction and in preterm infants: A narrative review of literature.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Pregnant Mothers' Medical Claims and Associated Risk of Their Children being Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- Social cognition in individuals born preterm.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes of very low birth weight infants in the Neonatal Research Network of Japan: importance of neonatal intensive care unit graduate follow-up.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2021Article
- Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder in Toddlers Born Very Preterm: Estimated Prevalence and Usefulness of Screeners and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the diagnostic prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in a low birth weight (LBW) cohort.
methodsParticipants belonged to a regional birth cohort of infants (N = 1105) born weighing <2000 g between October 1, 1984, and July 3, 1989, and followed up by periodic assessments to 21 years of age. At 16 years (n = 623), adolescents were screened for ASD using a wide net (previous professional diagnosis of an ASD or a score above a liberal cutoff on the Social Communication Questionnaire or the Autism Spectrum Symptoms Questionnaire). At 21 years (n = 189), 60% of screen positives and 24% of screen negatives were assessed for diagnoses of ASD by the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule or the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised.
resultsSamples retained at ages 16 and 21 years were representative of samples assessed at earlier ages except for lower levels of social risk. Of positive screens, 11 of 70 had ASD; of negative screens, 3 of 119 had ASD. The fractions of the 2 screening groups with ASD (14.3% in screen-positives and 2.5% in screen negatives) were weighted by fractions of screen-positives and screen-negatives among the adolescents (18.8% and 81.2%, respectively). This calculation produced an estimated prevalence rate of ASD in the entire cohort of 5% (31 of 623).
conclusionsThe diagnostic prevalence of ASD in this LBW preterm cohort was higher than that reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 8-year-olds in the general US population in 2006.
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