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ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2017

Meconium exposure and autism risk.

K M Miller, G Xing, C K Walker

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Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Association between autism spectrum disorder and peripartum events: a case-control study.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K M MillerSchool of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
G XingCenter for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
C K WalkerDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
University of California, Davis · USCenter For Policy Research · US

Funding

Gestational Metabolic Conditions and AutismR03HD074911 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI WALKER, CHERYL KATHERINE · 2013 to 2014
$152k
NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD074911
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study aims to determine whether fetal meconium passage is associated with autism. STUDY

designThis retrospective birth cohort analysis of 9 945 896 children born in California 1991 to 2008 linked discharge diagnosis and procedure codes for prenatal stressors, meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) and meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) with autism diagnoses for 47 277 children through 2012. We assessed the relative risk of autism by meconium status using logistic regression, adjusting for demographic and clinical features.

resultsChildren exposed to meconium (MSAF and MAS) were more likely to be diagnosed with autism in comparison with unexposed children (0.60% and 0.52%, vs 0.47%, respectively). In adjusted analyses, there was a small increase in autism risk associated with MSAF exposure (adjusted relative risk (aRR) 1.18, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.12 to 1.25), and a marginal association that failed to achieve significance between MAS and autism (aRR 1.08, 95% CI 0.98 to 1.20).

conclusionResuscitation of neonates with respiratory compromise from in utero meconium exposure may mitigate long-term neurodevelopmental damage.

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MeconiumAmniotic FluidApgar ScoreAutistic DisorderCaliforniaChild, PreschoolFemaleGestational AgeHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLogistic ModelsMaleMeconium Aspiration SyndromePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesResuscitation

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PMID27809298
PMCPMC5280086
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