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Comparison of Perinatal Risk Factors Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Intellectual Disability (ID), and Co-occurring ASD and ID

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While studies report associations between perinatal outcomes and both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID), there has been little study of ASD with versus without co-occurring ID. We compared perinatal risk factors among 7547 children in the 2006–2010 Autism and Developmental Disability Monitoring Network classified as having ASD + ID, ASD only, and ID only. Children in all three groups had higher rates of preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight, small-for-gestational-age, and low Apgar score than expected based on the US birth cohort adjusted for key socio-demographic factors. Associations with most factors, especially PTB, were stronger for children with ID only than children with ASD + ID or ASD only. Associations were similar for children with ASD + ID and ASD only.

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  1. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS E-86, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA

    Laura A. Schieve & Heather B. Clayton

  2. Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

    Maureen S. Durkin

  3. College of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Martha S. Wingate

  4. Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Carolyn Drews-Botsch

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Schieve, L.A., Clayton, H.B., Durkin, M.S. et al. Comparison of Perinatal Risk Factors Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Intellectual Disability (ID), and Co-occurring ASD and ID. J Autism Dev Disord 45, 2361–2372 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2402-0

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