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==Overview==
==Overview==
Common risk factors in the development of autism include male gender, advanced maternal age, and advanced paternal age.
Common risk factors in the development of autism include male gender, advanced maternal and paternal age, low [[birth weight]], hypoxia during [[childbirth]], and family history [[schizophrenia]].
==Risk Factors==
==Risk Factors==
Common risk factors in the development autism include
Common risk factors in the development autism include:
* Male gender : Boys are at higher risk for autism than girls.<ref name="Newschaffer">{{cite journal |author= Newschaffer CJ, Croen LA, Daniels J ''et al.'' |title= The epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders |journal= Annu Rev Public Health |year=2007 |volume=28 |pages=235–58 |pmid=17367287 |doi=10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144007}}</ref>
* Male gender: boys are at higher risk for autism than girls.<ref name="Newschaffer">{{cite journal |author= Newschaffer CJ, Croen LA, Daniels J ''et al.'' |title= The epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders |journal= Annu Rev Public Health |year=2007 |volume=28 |pages=235–58 |pmid=17367287 |doi=10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144007}}</ref>
* Prenatal and [[perinatal]] risk factors  
* Prenatal and [[perinatal]] risk factors:
** Maternal age  
** Advanced maternal age  
** Advanced paternal age
** Advanced paternal age
** Low [[birth weight]]
** Low [[birth weight]]
** [[gestation]] duration
** [[Gestation]] duration
** [[Hypoxia (medical)|Hypoxia]] during [[childbirth]].<ref name="Kolevzon">{{cite journal |author= Kolevzon A, Gross R, Reichenberg A |title= Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for autism |journal= Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med |volume=161 |issue=4 |date=2007 |pages=326–33 |pmid=17404128 |url=http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/161/4/326 |doi= 10.1001/archpedi.161.4.326}}</ref>
** [[Hypoxia (medical)|Hypoxia]] during [[childbirth]]<ref name="Kolevzon">{{cite journal |author= Kolevzon A, Gross R, Reichenberg A |title= Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for autism |journal= Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med |volume=161 |issue=4 |date=2007 |pages=326–33 |pmid=17404128 |url=http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/161/4/326 |doi= 10.1001/archpedi.161.4.326}}</ref>
* Family history schizophrenia<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Pediatrics |date=2008 |volume=121 |issue=5 |pages=e1357–62 |title= Parental psychiatric disorders associated with autism spectrum disorders in the offspring |author= Daniels JL, Forssen U, Hultman CM ''et al.'' |doi=10.1542/peds.2007-2296 |pmid=18450879 |url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/121/5/e1357 |laysummary=http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/mental-disorders-in-parents-linked-to-autism-in-children.html |laydate=2008-05-05 |laysource= UNC News}}</ref>
* Family history [[schizophrenia]]<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Pediatrics |date=2008 |volume=121 |issue=5 |pages=e1357–62 |title= Parental psychiatric disorders associated with autism spectrum disorders in the offspring |author= Daniels JL, Forssen U, Hultman CM ''et al.'' |doi=10.1542/peds.2007-2296 |pmid=18450879 |url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/121/5/e1357 |laysummary=http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/mental-disorders-in-parents-linked-to-autism-in-children.html |laydate=2008-05-05 |laysource= UNC News}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

Common risk factors in the development of autism include male gender, advanced maternal and paternal age, low birth weight, hypoxia during childbirth, and family history schizophrenia.

Risk Factors

Common risk factors in the development autism include:

References

  1. Newschaffer CJ, Croen LA, Daniels J; et al. (2007). "The epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders". Annu Rev Public Health. 28: 235–58. doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144007. PMID 17367287.
  2. Kolevzon A, Gross R, Reichenberg A (2007). "Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for autism". Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 161 (4): 326–33. doi:10.1001/archpedi.161.4.326. PMID 17404128.
  3. Daniels JL, Forssen U, Hultman CM; et al. (2008). "Parental psychiatric disorders associated with autism spectrum disorders in the offspring". Pediatrics. 121 (5): e1357–62. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-2296. PMID 18450879. Lay summaryUNC News (2008-05-05).

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