ArticlePediatrics2021
Pica, Autism, and Other Disabilities.
Article in Pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pica, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and rumination disorder in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Article
- Article
- Associations Between Sickle Cell Disease, Pica, and Enuresis in Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association Between Autism-Related Symptoms and Mealtime Behavior Problems in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Investigation of Feeding Problems and Their Associated Factors in Children with Developmental Disabilities in Saudi Arabia.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Sensory feeding problems, pica-related behaviors, and sleep habits among children with autism spectrum disorder in palestine: a parent-reported cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Bilateral methanol-induced optic neuropathy following hand sanitizer ingestion.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2025Article
- The Mediating Role of Eating Behaviors Between Autistic Symptoms and Dietary Issues Among Chinese Children With Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Pica in Childhood: Concurrent and Sequential Psychiatric Comorbidity.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Validation of the Brief Autism Mealtime Behavior Inventory in Parents of Children in Cyprus.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pet Flea and Tick Control Exposure During Pregnancy and Early Life Associated with Decreased Cognitive and Adaptive Behaviors in Children with Developmental Delay and Autism Spectrum Disorder.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Whole blood lead concentrations in children undergoing autism assessment in a community paediatric clinic: a retrospective cross-sectional study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Oral Implications, and Oral Microbiota.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Article
- Gastroduodenal Obstruction Secondary to Pica-associated Bezoar: A Case Report.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Case Report: From behavioral disorder to surgical emergency: a case of intussusception due to pica in an adolescent.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Neurodivergence, intersectionality, and eating disorders: a lived experience-led narrative review.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- Ingestion of several rubber gloves: A case report on Pica syndrome.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Has Coca-Cola treatment become the first-line therapy for gastric bezoars, both in general and specifically for western countries?World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesPica, the repeated ingestion of nonfood items, can be life-threatening. Although case reports describe pica in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or intellectual disability (ID), there has been little systematic study of pica prevalence. We assessed pica in children 30 to 68 months of age (median = 55.4 months) with and without ASD.
methodsOur sample from the Study to Explore Early Development, a multisite case-control study, included children with ASD (
resultsCompared with the prevalence of pica among POPs (3.5%), pica was higher in children with ASD (23.2%) and DD (8.4%), and in the following subgroups: ASD with ID (28.1%), ASD without ID (14.0%), DD with ID (9.7%), DD with ASD characteristics (12.0%), and DD with both ID and ASD characteristics (26.3%); however, pica prevalence was not elevated in children with DD with neither ID nor ASD characteristics (3.2%). Between-group differences remained after adjustment (adjusted prevalence ratio range 1.9-8.0, all
conclusionsPica may be common in young children with ASD, ASD characteristics, and ID. These findings inform the specialized health care needs of these children.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.