Familial risk and heritability of intellectual disability: a population-based cohort study in Sweden.

Paul Lichtenstein Tideman Magnus Patrick F Sullivan Eva Serlachius Henrik Larsson Ralf Kuja-Halkola Agnieszka Butwicka

Published in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2021)

The risk estimates will benefit researchers, clinicians, families in understanding the risk of ID in the family and the whole population. The higher risk of ID related to male sex and maternal linage will be of value for planning and interpreting etiological studies in ID.

Keyphrases

intellectual disability
autism spectrum disorder
palliative care
pregnant women
birth weight
physical activity
pregnancy outcomes
weight gain
drug induced