Maternal health around pregnancy and autism risk: a diagnosis-wide, population-based study.
Arad KodeshStephen Z LevineVahe KhachadourianRayees RahmanAvner SchlessingerPaul F O'ReillyJakob GroveDiana SchendelJoseph D BuxbaumLisa CroenAbraham ReichenbergSven SandinMagdalena JaneckaPublished in: Psychological medicine (2021)
Sixteen maternal diagnoses were associated with ASD in the offspring, after rigorous filtering of potential false-positive associations. Replication in other cohorts and further research to understand the mechanisms underlying the observed associations with ASD are warranted.
Keyphrases
- autism spectrum disorder
- pregnancy outcomes
- intellectual disability
- birth weight
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- healthcare
- public health
- mental health
- pregnant women
- human health
- high fat diet
- preterm birth
- gestational age
- health information
- body mass index
- weight gain
- climate change
- risk assessment
- metabolic syndrome
- social media
- weight loss