The effect of gestational age on symptom severity in children with autism spectrum disorder

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Description: Between 2006 and 2010, two research-validated instruments, Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) and Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) were filled out online by 4,188 mothers of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children, aged 4–21, as part of voluntary parental participation in a large web-based registry. Univariate and multivariate linear regression analysis (adjusted for child’s sex, ability to verbalize, categorical IQ score, and fetal growth rate) demonstrated significantly higher SCQ and SRS scores for ASD children of both preterm (<37 weeks) and post-term (>42 weeks) gestational age (GA) compared to ASD children of normal GA, thus indicating that both preterm and post-term children manifest increased ASD symptomatology. Normal GA at birth appears to mitigate the severity of autistic social impairment in ASD children.

Type: Report : None

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Member of:

Collection : Maternity: Research

Collection : Learning Disabilities and CAMHS : Research

Collection : Learning Disabilities and CAMHS: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Author

Tammy Z. Movsas

Contributors

Nigel Paneth

Publishing

Published by: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Published date: Friday, 16th March 2012 00:00:00

Coverage

Geographical Coverage: International

Subject

Keywords (National Public Health Language):

AGE

ANALYSIS

AUTISM

BIRTH

CHILD

CHILDBIRTH

CHILDREN

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

GENDER

GROUPS

GROWTH

LEARNING DISABILITIES

MEASURES, METHODS, RESEARCH, THEORIES

MOTHERS

PARENTS

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

QUESTIONNAIRES

RESEARCH

RESEARCH METHODS

Category (Government Category List):

OLDER PEOPLE

RESEARCH

YOUNG PEOPLE

Other

Source: First published online 16 March 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1501-4

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